Attachment as a critical relationship construct

Throughout development, critical milestones are reached within the context of organized secure attachments between the child and primary caregivers, serving as the initial relationship construct through which emotions, cognitions, and self-regulatory capacities develop. The qualitative characteristics unique to the attachment bonds formed between an infant-caregiver, coalesce to form individual characteristics of the infant as they mature and develop idiosyncratic views and expressed orientations regarding their close relationships. What is fundamental is distinguishing between attachment orientations as an individual trait-based characteristic, manifesting from the security of organized attachment bonds: which in and of themselves represent relationship constructs. As parents seek to foster development of their children, a sound understanding of the function of the attachment bond is paramount. As a relationship construct, the attachment bond is predicated on development of strong enduring emotional connections between parent-child, which facilitates the desire to share feelings with primary caregivers as the balance between safety and security is counterbalanced with the provision of a secure base for exploration. Creation of an organized secure attachment bond allows your child to know they have a secure base where their behavioral responses - those goal directed adaptations that are designed specifically to maintain attachment - can be directly addressed.