Parenting and Attachment Issues

All children need to feel loved by their parent(s) and experience affection, encouragement, and support on a consistent basis. Beginning at birth, this fosters a strong child-parent bond, which profoundly sets the stage for positive emotional health and the ability to develop healthy social relationships throughout life.

However, when it comes to promoting a lasting parent-child connection, there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach. And sometimes, an insecure attachment bond can lead grown children to lack self-esteem and trust, to fear of getting close to anyone, and to have anger and control issues.

Part of being a good parent is being flexible, creative, and learning to understand your child's needs and cues, such as crying when hungry. Learning basic parenting building blocks will help promote parent-child bonding and allow you to tackle the many parenting challenges you will face.