parent-child bond
Caregiver-offspring relationship
The parent-child bond is the emotional attachment between a parent and their offspring, considered fundamental to human development.
This bond typically forms in infancy through caregiving and physical closeness, shaping a child's sense of security and capacity for future relationships.
The parent-child bond can survive years of separation.
The term appears in psychology, family law, and discussions of adoption or custody.
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- skin to skinUnclothed bodies touching directly
- family structureHow a household is organized
- bondingForming close connections
oxytocin · love · first words · first steps · empathy · trust · caregiving · fatherhood · guidance · communication · play · quality time · warmth · safe haven · unconditional love · tight hug · nurturing · separation anxiety
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, son
- family bondslove, trust, loyalty, marriage, care
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, parenting
- bondscorporate bonds, municipal bonds, treasury bonds, savings bonds, junk bonds
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
parent-child bondparental neglect
Failing to care for dependents
estrangement · parental rejection · disownment · child abandonment · detachment