Attachment Theory

tands that all she needs to do is cry and help is there. When a baby looks into our faces when we are feeding them we begin to speak to them, our voices soften and our tones become sweeter, almost saccharin, when they hold our finger and begin to make cooing noises it tugs the heart strings, we respond with more chatter, the content doesn't matter, what does matter is that we are bonding, an attachment is forming between us and the baby. Bowlby's reasoning was that from this attachment the baby gets everything she needs, security, confidence, nourishment, love, stability, stimulation and comfort to help her grow and develop into a well adjusted individual with the ability to form and maintain normal emotionally sound relationships.
             "Attachment can be defined as the strong bond that develops first between parent and child, and later in peer and romantic relationships" (Bowlby, 1969) 1. (http://www.attachment.edu.ar/bio.html) 1
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