Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply ...

Bowlby's attachment theory suggested that children are born with an innate need to form attachments. Such attachments aid in survival by ensuring that the child receives care and protection.

Source: Kimbell Art Museum, The Madonna and Child with a Female Saint and the Infant Saint John, labeled for reuse Wikimedia Commons Attachment theory seems to be the most recent in a long line of ...

Attachment theory —the idea that we develop attachment styles in our early years that then later inform our relationships—was first developed by psychoanalyst John Bowlby in the 1950s and 1960s. But ...

Loss can trigger the attachment system, the system that activates when a child is separated from caregivers. Adult grief response, like childhood separation response, varies in intensity and ...