ATTACHMENT:

STAGES OF HOW CHILDREN DEVELOP ATTACHMENT:
6weeks-3months
They start to smile

3months-7/8months
INDISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENTS
Babies learn to:
· Make out faces- showing pleasure when they recognise familiar faces
· Likes to be with other people

7/8months
SPECIFIC ATTACHMENTS
Miss key people and show signs of distress e.g. crying when they leave the room
Develop strong attachment usually with the mother
Wariness of stranger even around the key people
The wariness can turn into fear if these strangers make direct contact e.g. touching them

Children at this age will show separation anxiety is they are separated from their main attachments.
Three stages of separation anxiety are:
PROTEST
Child crying/struggling to escape, kick and show anger
DESPAIR
Show calm behaviour as though they have accepted the separation. They may be quiet and sad. Comfort behaviour is shown such as thumb sucking or rocking
DETACHMENT
Children cope by forgetting the relationship
The long lasting effect of this is finding it hard to trust people they care for.

8months
MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS
Important for their socialisation process


ATTACHMENT BEHAVIOUR:
Wanting to be near the other person

Crying/ showing visible distress when that person is not around

Showing joy/relief when the person reappears

Making sure the person is around by looking up at time to time, responding to their voice and following their movements

Short separation:
Babies/toddlers form surrogate attachments who gives them temporary security while the parent or careers are away.