Editing John B. Watson (section)

=== Marriage and children ===
Watson married Mary Ickes, sister of politician [[Harold L. Ickes]], while he was in graduate school.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Reevy|first1=Gretchen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnPkFDU8orEC&q=%22john+watson%22+%22mary+ickes%22&pg=PA587|title=Encyclopedia of Emotion|last2=Ozer|first2=Yvette Malamud|last3=Ito|first3=Yuri|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34576-0|language=en}}</ref> They had two children, also named John and Mary Ickes Watson,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Todd|first1=James Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ugd-AAAAMAAJ&q=%22john+ickes+watson%22|title=Modern Perspectives on John B. Watson and Classical Behaviorism|last2=Morris|first2=Edward K.|date=January 1, 1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27307-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> the latter of whom attempted suicide later in life.<ref name=":4">Smirle, Corinne. 2013. "[http://www.feministvoices.com/rosalie-rayner/ Profile of Rosalie Rayner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329145751/http://www.feministvoices.com/rosalie-rayner/ |date=March 29, 2020 }}." ''[[Psychology's Feminist Voices]]'', edited by A. Rutherford. Retrieved May 16, 2020.</ref> Young Mary and her husband, Paul Hartley, had a daughter, [[Mariette Hartley]], an actor who suffered from psychological issues that she attributed to her being raised according to her grandfather's theories.<ref>[[Mariette Hartley|Hartley, Mariette]], and A. Commire. 1990. ''Breaking the Silence''. New York: [[G. P. Putnam's Sons]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-11-18-9002260560-story.html|title=Picture Imperfect: Shunned by parents, battered by a husband, actress Mariette Hartley could have filled her scrapbook with pain and suffering |first=Monica |last=Strand |website=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=November 18, 1990 }}</ref>

Watson's wife later sought divorce due to his ongoing affair with a student, [[Rosalie Rayner]] (1898–1935).<ref name=":1" /> In searching Rayner's bedroom, Mary discovered love letters from Watson.<ref name="Hothersall" /> The affair became front-page news in Baltimore. The publicity resulted in [[Johns Hopkins University]] asking Watson to resign his faculty position in October 1920.<ref name="ReferenceA">''The Washington Times''. January 2, 1921.</ref>

In 1921, following the finalization of the divorce, Watson and Rayner married in [[New Jersey]],<ref name="ReferenceA" /> parenting two sons, William Rayner Watson (1921) and James Broadus Watson (1924), who were raised with the behaviorist principles that John espoused throughout his career. The couple remained together until Rayner's death at age 36 in 1935.<ref>Murray, D. J. (1988). ''A History of Western Psychology''. New Jersey: [[Prentice Hall]].</ref> Like their half-sister, both sons later attempted suicide,<ref name=":4" /> with William killing himself in 1954.<ref name=":0" />