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The functioning of tertiary processes when a baby is born gives the parents the opportunity to revisit their identifications, thus enhancing psychic reorganization for them and for the family by repercussion. Through the care given to the baby, the tertiary processes help various enigmatic signifiers infiltrate which can cause the drive system of the baby to depend on that of the object. These processes, while indispensable for psychical and physical survival, can lead to catastrophic un-bonding in the baby, and even in the parents.;