This suggests that there are other reasons which may better explain why children
develop different attachment types and that the maternal sensitivity theory places too much emphasis on the mother.
In conclusion, the most complete explanation of why children
develop different attachment types would be an interactionist theory.
Not exact matches
Your relationship with your child is not so
different from your other relationships — it can take time and many interactions for those feelings of
attachment to
develop and grow.
She
developed the strange situation as a way of classifying the three
different kinds of
attachments she observed infants performing with their mothers / primary caregivers.
Attachment Parenting International suggested finding a caregiver that will become long - term so that your child can develop an attachment to them, receiving the same love and care they get from you, without the constant switching between new and different c
Attachment Parenting International suggested finding a caregiver that will become long - term so that your child can
develop an
attachment to them, receiving the same love and care they get from you, without the constant switching between new and different c
attachment to them, receiving the same love and care they get from you, without the constant switching between new and
different caregivers.
Now, we know with time that it's not all about mom, that so long as infants form an
attachment with a primary caregiver, they will have the tools to
develop in a healthy manner (whether they do or not is a
different question entirely as there are many factors that can intervene in the years).
However, there has been some criticism with
attachment parenting such as how this does not form permanent behavior as the child would
develop different traits based on other experiences such as those coming from peer pressure and from school where the child spends most of the time of the year.
Studies have shown that most securely attached infants
develop particular distinctly
different attachment bonds with each parent and the infants» varied caregivers (Goossens & Van Ijzendoorn, 1990).
I have
developed a proficiency in treating children with issues of
attachment, loss, anxiety, depression, ADHD, Trauma, youth who have been in foster care or were adopted, youth struggling with their identity, juvenile offenders, those who self - injure and many
different behavioral disorders and the associated parenting difficulties.»
We each have
different attachment patterns that
develop over our lifetime, which lead us to respond to conflict differently.
This session will address the
different kinds of emotional
attachments that infants and young children
develop with their caregivers..
While both the mother and infant are biologically preprogrammed to
develop an
attachment relationship, their roles are
different.
To fully grasp the significance of this bond, it is important to understand the
different types of
attachment, how they
develop, and the impact of this bond on young children's development.
But infants
develop different kinds of
attachment relationships: some infants become securely attached to their parent, and others find themselves in an insecure
attachment relationship.
Children's development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.1 Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across
different theories and research frameworks (e.g.
attachment, socio - cultural) as playing an important role in providing a strong foundation for children to
develop optimally.2 - 4 Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive in ways that are contingently linked to a young child's signals («contingent responsiveness») are the affective - emotional aspects of a responsive style.5 These aspects, in combination with behaviours that are cognitively responsive to the child's needs, including the provision of rich verbal input and maintaining and expanding on the child's interests, provide the range of support necessary for multiple aspects of a child's learning.6
Importantly, over the last 20 years
different psychotherapies have been
developed that are increasingly rooted in the scientific understanding of psychological processes, including those associated with
attachment.
The kind of
attachment children
develop to their parents has been related to
different parenting styles, described by dimensions like autonomy support (Skinner et al., 2005), parental sensitivity (Belsky et al., 1991) and parental control (Barber and Harmon, 2002; Kuppens et al., 2013).
To understand and study the
different types of
attachments children may have with their parents, Ainsworth and Wittig (1969)
developed an assessment technique known as «Strange Situation Classification».