Why is a secure attachment important in infancy and childhood?

Question

Why is a secure attachment important in infancy and childhood?

Answer 1

babies that fail to develop trust and attachments grow up to be the people filling the jail cells.

Answer 2

I believe, it gives the child a sense of peace and knowing who to trust. I'm a firm believer that if you, as a child know who is raising you and there is a level of trust between child and parent, the child will grow up with a healthy sense of themselves and who they would like to be.

Answer 3

With a secure attachment children experience their care giver as available, and themselves positively.  It is important to their growing self esteem and identity.

Answer 4

Well its fairly obvious isnt it? If a baby and then the child doesnt ever know who's going to be dealing with it from day to day then it must be nervous about its life and cant settle.

Answer 5

It goes back even further.  I believe a lot of insecurity starts from the womb and therefore a woman, when pregnant should do everything in her power to be happy and stress free.

Answer 6

Development is a progression of steps if one step is incomplete it hampers the progress of the next step. Attachment is important because it allows the infant to develop trust in their caretakers. This trust allows them to move to the autonomy seeking behaviors. All of these experiences allow the child to develop relationships later in life allowing for a fully functioning adult.