John Bowlby's Attachment Theory (How Childhood Affects Adult Life)

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Attachment theory is a psychological theory that attempts to describe the nature and dynamics of relationships and bonds between people, particularly long-term relationships, including those between parents and children as well as romantic partners. However, attachment theory is not intended to be a general theory of relationships but attempts only to address a specific aspect of it, that is, how human beings respond in relationships when hurt, separated from loved ones, or perceiving a threat.
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[@lesleyvivien2876]

Thank you - this is fascinating.
My mother said I was a grizzly baby - I used to lie in my pram all day, grizzling. Thirty years later, when my little brother got married, she told her DIL what a grizzly baby I was.
I never asked her to listen to herself! Wouldn't you "grizzle" if you'd been stuck in a pram and ignored for days on end?
When I was seven or eight, I contemplated running away, but didn't. If I couldn't cope, I didn't think they'd take me back, so I stayed and did my best to put up with it.
I didn't have full-blown ODD, but I disliked being told what to do. I suspect it was because they would bark orders, expect instant compliance, and never lower themselves to explaining why they wanted what they wanted. I always asked why, and they hated that! "Because I say so and, if you ask me again, I will hit you" doesn't help your child to be confident and decisive!
I still hate product instructions that tell me not to do something without explaining why.

[@lizlaura2323]

Thank you so much.

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[@melissachiriguay6589]

Very explication

[@aminaberrani1604]

I think that you're mistaken about the age of each phases. In the theory of development book by Crain, mentioned different ages in Bowlby theory of attachment!

[@aksayfatimarizvi7354]

Thank you

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[@n.somnyama]

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[@ceryswoolley3688]

Could a criticism of these theories that babies arent always raised by their mothers. More recent research shows that a baby will have a main caregiver even in a case with two Gay fathers?

[@PHILOnotes]

Thanks Cerys. Can't engage substantially with your thoughts as I am not familiar with the recent researches that you mentioned.

[@lesleyvivien2876]

@@PHILOnotes Would have been interesting if @Cerys Woolley had found some references to the research.

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thanks Kezziah!