attachment

This essay discusses the importance of attachment between mother (care-giver) and child. Many child psychologists have experimented on subjects and each of them have their own opinions and beliefs. The most common name you would hear if you were to ask about attachment would be John Bowlby. He is the person who first came up with the idea about mother-child bonding.

The term attachment was first introduced by John Bowlby (1958), a British child psychiatrist. Bowlby believed that humans have a biological, or inherited need to form attachment. He suggested that infants use genetically inherited abilities such as crying, smiling, gazing, vocalising and clinging to get near to their main careg...