infant attachment
Parent-child emotional connection
Infant attachment is the emotional bond that forms between a baby and its primary caregivers, typically in the first year of life.
Psychologists distinguish between secure attachment, where the infant trusts the caregiver as a safe base, and insecure attachment patterns that may affect relationships into adulthood.
Early infant attachment shapes how children later handle stress and intimacy.
- bondingForming close connections
- emotional bondAffective tie between people
- motherFemale parent
- secureProtected from harm
- secure baseReliable attachment figure
safe haven · nurturing · warmth · cradling · trust · comfort · skin-to-skin · baby carrier · lullaby · rocking · soothing · first smile · clingy · separation anxiety · crying · holding · breastfeeding · feeding time
infant attachmentinsecure attachment
Unreliable early bonding pattern
attachment disorder · avoidant attachment · anxious attachment · non-attachment · emotional neglect
infant attachmentemotional neglect
Failure to meet feeling-needs
parental rejection · abandonment · emotional deprivation · institutionalization · institutional care
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