The first relationship a child has with their parents or carers acts as an enduring model, shaping the capability to enter and maintain a positive relationship with family, friends and partners. It is understood that the initial and influential experiences with the people who first raised the child will affect their long-term emotional wellbeing.
The most important and crucial time for the brain to develop is the first twelve months of a child’s life. It is vital for creating relationships with parents, caregivers and other family members. Attachment is a natural instinct which compels the young child to search …show more content…
These include domestic violence, diet, maternal depression and poverty.
Sleep deprivation and feeding issues in the young child can be an indicator that there are attachment issues between the caregiver and child. In order to improve a child’s development and attachment with their caregiver, negative factors that can impact the relationship can be discussed with a child health nurse in order to make the attachment balanced and secure.
Although attachment is merely one aspect that influences a child’s general development, when starting their life with attachment problems between caregiver and child is a great disadvantage and can result in long-term developmental complications, including social and emotional dysfunction. If parents and caregivers are not coping with poor attachment with their child then they need to be offered with the support and intervention that is necessary to certify the development of strong, safe and secure attachments.
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Brown, G. L., Mangelsdorf, S. C., & Neff, C. (2012). Father involvement,