Child Attachment
Robin Doyle
Rasmussen College
Child Attachment
With the cutting of the umbilical cord, physical attachment to our mother ends and emotional and psychological attachment begins. Some of these factors include mother infant relationships, neighborhood structure, family structure, and peer influences. It is substantially necessary for a child to transition out from a mother’s attachment and vulnerability to autonomy and independence as a factor in normal development of personality. Understanding how attachment works within children and their parents can be simply understood with three different forms: childhood abuse, secure attachment, and the stranger situation.
If infants have an insecure attachment with their mothers, which is defined as the child’s overdependence on, or lack of interest in the caregiver, and a child’s lack of confidence, then they are more likely to have behavioral problems (Smith, 2013). This can most times be caused by childhood abuse. Children who experience this abuse, in the beginning have the secure bond, throughout the aging process learn to distant themselves from the ones that love them for fear of being abused; emotionally and physically. In the case of boys, these problems are often of an aggressive nature. Single parenthood is often associated with neighborhood type, which is another factor in predicting childhood aggression. If the child is neglected, they will not develop attachments and will have difficulty forming attachments or close relationships later in life (Smith, 2013). This is because single parents are more likely to live in less advantaged neighborhoods and tend to be abused and abuse their kids more often out of fear for the need to be loved and not know how to love their child in return. Studies show that children who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to experience stressful life events that lead to aggressive behavior. The association of child abuse,...