Not exact matches
If you believe that firm
attachments and
stable relationships build human capital, you had better offer
early education for children in disorganized neighborhoods.
The neuroscientific research tells us that when kids are in
early environments that are responsive, interactive, and warm and
stable, and involve what psychologists sometimes call «serve and return» parenting, which involves face - to - face, back - and - forth interactions between parents and their babies, that creates secure
attachment — a real sense of security that kids have with parents or other caregivers.
While research has demonstrated that
attachment styles, which are developed from our
early parenting experiences, are quite
stable over time, specific adult intimate relationships can alter the strength of one's
attachment style.2 In my case, my ex-husband was not mentally healthy; I consequently avoided dating for a good year and a half following our divorce.
They contend that
attachment styles are
stable, and that the
attachment patterns we develop in
early life anchor any gradual change that may occur.
«Certainly a
stable early environment is important, but focusing so much attention on
attachment issues can make compelling social and racial issues simply disappear.
«
Early secure
attachments with a
stable primary caregiver play a central role in a young child's social, emotional and cognitive development... Children who have experienced abuse or neglect have an even greater need for sensitive, caring and
stable relationships.
Consistent
early relationships and experiences are the foundation upon which all subsequent emotional development rests... [¶] Consistency in relationships for infants is achieved through
attachment — the formation of an enduring emotional bond with a primary or small number of
stable, responsive, and sensitive caregivers.
Early secure
attachments with a
stable primary caregiver play a central role in a young child's social, emotional, and cognitive development.
Using experimental methods researchers have found support for: childhood stress (§ 6b) and father absence (§ 6c) lowering preferred age at first birth and increasing sexual risk taking [45,53];
attachment style (§ 6e) influencing parenthood - related thoughts [60]; cultural norms (§ 6m) discouraging reproduction outside
stable unions [12]; women's reproductive autonomy (§ 6i) influencing their fertility preferences [47]; paternity uncertainty (§ 6j) discouraging parental investment by men [55]; high cost of children (§ 6l) encouraging delayed reproduction and lower fertility [36,47]; resource stress and limitation (§ 6o) affecting mating preferences [12,36,40,51]; and mortality risk and salience (§ 6p) encouraging a greater interest in children,
earlier reproduction and higher fertility [6,41,42,45,57 — 59].
These findings contradict the static perspective of Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990), who state that criminal potential results from several factors
early in life, including poor
attachment, and that criminal propensity remains relatively
stable over time.
There is evidence that
early attachment representations are relatively
stable over time and that adult
attachment representations are congruent with
attachment formed in
early childhood (Fraley 2002; Grossmann et al. 2008).