Are Parenting Styles Influence Attachment?

Attachment or the lack of is one of the major psychological problems that will be prominent throughout our lifetimes which also affects our behaviors from beginning to end. Behavior that stems from attachment can be linked to parenting styles and various trust issues for the person regardless of age in question. When it comes to attachment it is simply meant as the relationship one has with another. An example being the attachment a young infant might have with their mother. Parenting styles are rather self-explanatory as it simply details the way in which a parent went about with raising their child. Parenting styles directly influence attachment in a major way. These possible influences can either be positive or negative in terms of either
Indulgent permissive parenting is essentially loving the child with no limit to affection and praise while holding few to no limits with rules or values. There are little to no repercussions for any ill deeds the child might partake in and no push for maturity development. Children of these style of parents will have a small sense of responsibility and other values in their lives. In college, you come across many different people from different backgrounds and socio-economic classes (Darling, 2011). Using the descriptions of the different parenting styles it is easy to guess what style some of my peers’ parents might have practiced, sadly. Uninvolved parenting is a style that no parent should practice, as the name suggests it is simply the same lack of rules and penalties as permissive parenting but without the loving emotions or attention, one would expect from a
An example for this might be the introduction of a house pet and a number of times the child might look towards the parent for approval to interact with the pet. The child is curious about this strange new thing and will stop themselves from interacting with this new thing by looking towards to their parent for approval. Schaffer and Emerson concluded with the trial a sequence in which a baby’s attachments might develop. The sequence goes as follows with the asocial part at zero to six weeks. This stage describes how both social and non-social stimuli will produce a reaction such as a laugh or a giggle (1964). This can be seen when an adult might play with the child and make noises that are appealing to the infant who in turn reacts to it, regardless of the social reasoning behind