(P/B) A SECURE BASE

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As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means sacrificing other interests and activities. For many people today these are unwelcome truths. Yet a healthy parent-child bond is not only vital for well-being, but an essential part of what it means to be human. Attachment theory teaches that there are three main attachment patterns - secure, avoidant or ambivalent, and these behaviours continue into adulthood. Secure children are confident, using a parent as a 'secure base' while they explore the world. Bowlby's work showed that the early interactions between infant and caregiver have a profound impact on an infant's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child fearing based on the crucial role early relationships. (from the publisher)

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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE TO THE ROUTLEDCE CLASSICS EDITION
1. Caring for Children
2. The Origins of Attachment Theory
3. Psychoanalysis as Art and Science
4. Psychoanalysis as a Natural Science
5. Violence in the Family
6. On Knowing What you are Not Supposed to Know and Feeling What you are Not Supposed to Feel
7. The Role of Attachment in Personality Development
8. Attachment, Communication, and the Therapeutic Process
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