m this the baby gets everything she needs, security, confidence, nourishment, love, stability, stimulation and comfort.
             John Bowlby was born in 1907. He started his intellectual career at the university of Cambridge where he read medicine, upon the advice of his surgeon father. In his third year of study, Bowlby became drawn to what would later be known as developmental psychology, and he temporarily gave up plans for a medical career.
             After graduation he pursued his newfound interest through volunteering at two progressive schools, the second a small residential institution that served about 24 maladjusted children, aged 4-18 years. An additional major influence on Bowlby's development was John Alford, one of the other volunteer staff at the school. When his volunteer service finished, he returned to his medical studies in order to follow training in child psychiatry and psychotherapy; he was reluctant to do so due to the medical training required. However he was immediately acceptance into the British Psychoanalytic Society as a student-candidate. (http://www.attachment.edu.ar/bio.html) 1
             According to Bowlby a baby who has formed an attachment responds well with the adult she has bonded with, this response makes the adult continue providing the care, nourishment, nurturing and stimulation the child needs to ensure a healthy well-rounded development. As the baby grows mechanisms are developed to allow this bonding to continue, traditionally a baby would have been carried around by the mother, usually in a papoose, till old enough to crawl around. Then when the baby could crawl it could follow its mother, reach objects on its own and explore, always being able to get to where mum is if and when needed. Babies are able to cry from birth, this cry is plaintiff and helpless, this makes us want to hold them and comfort them, a baby who knows she will be picked up when distressed becomes secure, trust develops and the baby unders...