Attachment styles are relational styles, not verdicts. When labels turn rigid, they harm rather than heal—missing the fluid, relational, and changeable nature of attachment.

Parents may worry about connecting with a child who is hard to comfort. hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and ...

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"In order to ban autocracy, exploitation, and inequality in the world, we must first realize that the first inequality in life is that of child and adult." —Erik Erikson For humans, a highly social ...

Our relationships with our parents lay the foundation for our future connections with others, shaping the way we navigate emotional bonds well into adulthood. Attachment expert, author, and therapist ...

You may already be familiar with the ways negative childhood experiences can impact us as adults. Even if you can't name the aftereffects, you feel them. Whether it's feeling like a permanent victim ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Eric Wood writes about college mental health and emerging adults Understanding attachment styles is important as they reflect ...

Emotional attachment is the sense of emotional connection people feel toward others. Experiences during early childhood can shape a person’s emotional attachment type, making it secure or avoidant.

Attachment styles are rooted in our families of origin: The ways our primary caregivers related to us in childhood have a direct correlation with how we relate to people when we enter adulthood. Part ...