Bowlby

Bowlby

1. Children come into the world pre programmed to form attachments - this will help them survive.

2. Attachments are instinctive - be activated by any conditions, seem to threaten the achievement of proximity. Separation or fear

3. He treated emotionally disturbed children (Child Guidance Clinic, London)

   • Consider the importance of relationships and connections with their mothers. Their cognitive, social and emotional development.

4. Saw that children went through distress when separated from their mothers.

   • When children were fed by others, they still had this anxiety

5. A child develops an attachment to those who provide secure and safe environments - increases chance of survival

6. Close proximity to caregiver when there is a sense of stress and if environment threatened.