María Martín-Gamero person
Named in 4 reports across 4 stories - 3 Sept – 16 Oct
3 Sept 202616 Oct 2026
The stories
Rather than a list of forbidden phrases, the research points to two things parents are wiser not to say as a habit: personal put-downs, which warmth does not cancel out, and the message that love has to be earned
María Martín-Gamero, psychologist: “If you jump too fast it is because your nervous system learns to detect signals that could indicate rejection or conflict”
Psychologist María Martín-Gamero: “If you rehearse the conversation before calling on the phone, you try to control everything”
Who keeps naming them
ABC (Spain)4