Providing Loving Care And Security For Children - 1712 Words

Abstract Providing loving care and security for children is considered an important aspect of development. Secure bonds are created through interaction with the child and build trust through close, loving relationship between the caregiver or caregivers involved the life of a child. Babies form emotional ties to those who provide them with a feeling of safety and are a constant in the child’s life, making themselves familiar to the infant. Since infants are nonverbal, it is important for the parent to be interactive with their child, smiling, laughing, touching, holding tightly, playing, feeding, hugging and provide essential care in response to the infant’s cues. The type attachments vary in the relationship to those familiar to them and†¦show more content†¦Bowlby, the father of the ethological theory of attachment believed infants are hardwired to emit actions that ensure their parent remains nearby to protect them from hurt, harm or danger and to offer constant care and support, assisting them to develop into healthy, bright individuals through exploration. Unlike Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective which regarded feeding as the focal point for parent and child to build the close emotional bond, Bowlby did not believe that providing nourishment was enough to build a bond enough to ensure a strong attachment. He believed the ingredients to building a secure bond included touching, talking to, nurturing and providing nourishment for the infant were the basis for building this bond. He did believe feeding played a role in secure attachments. This paper will look at the main features of the â€Å"Strange Situation† an experiment which sought to understand attachment and related exploratory behavior. Method There were 8 different scenarios introduced to the child and each subject participated in the scenarios. The situation the child was placed in was a new situation or experience that would spark their attention and create desire to