Dr. Brazelton, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Child Development Unit and Brazelton Center for Infants and Parents at Childrens Hospital, created the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment in 1973 to analyze the development of newborns and infants. Dr. Brazelton said, "We are learning to look at the baby's individual differences. He not only sees, hears, responds overtly, but he can tell what he likes and doesn't like, what his personality will be. This all starts about the fifth month, in the uterus. That is why it is so important to observe the premature infant."

Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' neighborhood, here thanks Dr. T. Berry Brazelton for his participation in a 1990 documentary, Our neighbor, Fred Rogers, celebrating his life and contributions to children's television. At Rogers' death in 2003, Dr. Brazelton said, "What a loss to the world. He talked to kids at the ages of 4 to 6 about feelings. That's the age when they begin to realize they have an effect on their world."

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