5 Tips to Create Secure Attachment Bond with a Child.

Attachment is a bond that develops between infants and parents or caregivers 👨‍👩‍👧 and ideally that bond is secure, meaning that the growing child consistently feels safe and experiences that his or her caregivers will be available, protective, attuned, comforting, delighted by and encouraging of his or her unique self. If the attachment bond is insecure, then the child does not experience these with his or her caregiver. Insecure attachment underlies many later- developing psychological and emotional problems. We invited Dr. David Elliott, clinical psychologist, author, and trainer, to take a deep dive into attachment theory and practice. In this video Dr. Elliott explains five primary conditions of secure attachment: protection, Attunement, Comforting, Delightness, Exploration encouragement. 0:11 Background of attachment theory 0:42 Maternal responsiveness 1:21 Why to apply attachment approach 2:27 Protection, child feels safe 3:56 Attunement, child feels recognized 5:18 Comforting, child creates emotional regulation skill 6:20 Delightness, child feels valued 7:17 Exploration encouragement, child feels autonomous 8:53 Presence and availability of a parent 9:33 Be happy about child being as he/she is More work of Dr. David Elliott you can find on his website: https://www.davidelliottphd.com/ Join our community: On Facebook Group:   / mapaparenting   Page:   / mapaparenting   On Instagram   / mapaparenting   Support our project If you like what we do and support the cause of our project (building a high-quality educational channel for parents), please, support us on Patreon:   / mapaparenting  . All Patrons get early access to complete interviews with our guests!