Strategies Relating to

Do You Know Your

Attachment:
Child’s “Attachment
1) Interact consistently (build

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reciprocal relationships)
Use opportunities like meal times to Style”?
talk about what happened at school.
- Join your child during play time to
better understand their behaviours
Children with Insecure-avoidant (Kids matter, n.d.).
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understand your child’s needs.
attachment…
- Do not orientate towards their 2) Be responsive to their needs
attachment figure while exploring their - Know what your child’s verbal
surroundings. and non-verbal cues mean and
- Are readily separated from their respond accordingly. (E.g. a child
may indicate hunger with soft
mothers.
whimpering cries) (Texas
- Not engaging with their mothers. Childcare, 2016).
- Are very independent of attachment - Meet your child’s emotional needs
figures emotionally and physically appropriately by providing the right
(Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2015). type of support (E.g. by cuddling
and reassuring the child). (Texas
Socio-emotional Development of Childcare, 2016).
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- Validate their emotions! Children
Children with Insecure-avoidant feel understood when adults
Attachment: acknowledge their feelings
(Kessler, 2016).
- Have higher levels of anxiety and self-
doubt (Malekpour, 2008). What is An Attachment?
- Are highly independent and 3) Be respectful in your interactions
noncompliant (Cortazar & Herreros, 2010). - Respect each child’s uniqueness (i.e. - It is an enduring and affectionate bond
- Exhibits difficulties in their peer he may enjoy reading before sleeping, between infants or toddlers and their
but you may not). caregivers
interaction. - Respond respectfully and genuinely (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2015).
- Minimise the importance of emotions when engaging in discussions with
and often refrain from emotional children (National Learning Standard Quality
Learning Program, 2012).
closeness in relationships (Catlett,n.d.).
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Children with Insecure-
Children with Secure How Does Attachment Affect
ambivalent Attachment…
Attachment… My Child’s Development?
- Are difficult to be comforted, cry
frequently. - Are content exploring the environment - Attachment provides children with a
- Are anxious and reluctant to separate with their mothers around. sense of security, which is essential for
from attachment figure initially. - Cry little and are easily comforted by them to learn and explore (Bergin & Bergin,
attachment figure when upset. 2009).
- Show ambivalent reactions when their - The quality of different attachment
mother returns. (e.g. hits mother in anger when being - Are confident that the attachment figure
can meet their needs. relationships affects the extent to which
comforted).
- Are greatly distressed when their - Looks for comfort from the attachment the child feels secure to develop
mother leaves them alone (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, figure when distressed (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, relationships with others.
2015). 2015).

Socio-emotional Development
of Children with Secure
Attachment:

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Children with Insecure-ambivalent

Attachment: Types of Attachment Styles:
- Direct more anger and physical - Secure attachment
aggression towards their mothers - Insecure-ambivalent
(Londervill and Main as cited in Malekpour, 2008). - They are more resilient under peer
- Likely to develop fewer or lower levels of pressure (Thompson, as cited in Malekpour, 2008). - Insecure-avoidant
social and communication skills. - They engage in more positive
- Hostile and dependent on their peers interactions and form closer
(Calkins and Fox as cited in Malekpour, 2008). relationships with their peers. (Fagot, as
- More vulnerable to peer pressure and cited in Malekpour, 2008).
negative feedback (Barnett and Butler, as cited in - Better at resolving conflicts and are
Malekpour, 2008). empathetic towards others (Thompson, as
- More fearful than those with secure cited in Malekpour, 2008).
attachments (Cortazar & Herreros, 2010). - Children are more confident (Malekpour, 2008).

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