Attachment And Its Effects On Children s Life - 1025 Words

Attachment starts to develop since the women’s pregnancy, during this stage of human development the female starts to cultivate emotional attachment to the fetus. The method in which attachment is formed during gestation will eventually affect or enhance the child stance during pregnancy or even after birth. Attachment can be defined as the manner in which an infant creates an emotional connection between specific members. Attachment can be clearly detected, especially with the persons who are closer to the infant. In the article â€Å"Attachment Issues†, states the definition of attachment by theorist John Bowlby, and how attachment is constructed â€Å"Is not a one-time event, but a process that begins during birth and progress into the early†¦show more content†¦I personally know a person who is experiencing disoriented attachment. My friend’s mother, has an emotional breakdown during pregnancy, because she got pregnant with her third child, but she didn’t had the economic stability to provide for her children. She had suicidal thoughts, her pregnancy was based on pre and post-depression. In addition, her infant grew in an environment surrounded by rejection comments that clearly affected my friend’s life. As a result, my friend has an emotional breakdown every time she wants to explain something in front of the class, she can’t control her emotions that she is so accustomed to feel depressed that it comes natural. This example proves how the lack of attachment during pregnancy and during the early years of life can clearly affect a child’s life. Adopted children experience lack of emotional bonding in the United States. There are many reasons that contribute to lack of attachment. One reason is biological parental neglect that the child s experience through the early years of life. In addition, when children live in foster homes they experience many changes throughout their lives. This change involved a change of residence, supervisor’s rules and teachers. Also, may infants have been maltreated or abused while living in foster homes. All of these changes affect the child’s life because of the multiple physical and emotional changes that the children has experienced while living in foster homes.