Product Description

Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4244 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
'One of the most influential forces in child psychiatry and psychology, Dr. Bowlby challenged basic tenets of psychoanalysis and pioneered methods of investigating the emotional life of children.' - The New York Times

From the Back Cover

'One of the most influential forces in child psychiatry and psychology, Dr. Bowlby challenged basic tenets of psychoanalysis and pioneered methods of investigating the emotional life of children.' - The New York Times

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 rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

John Bowlby (1907 - 1990) World famous psychiatrist and father of attachment theory, he identified early abuse and neglect as key factors in adult psychological problems.

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Customer Reviews

Wonderfully readable, enjoyable and educational
I am studying for my diploma in psychodynamic counselling and have found this book refreshingly easy to read. Its content is useful both in terms of theoretical essay writing and in adding to understanding of clinical practice. It is a collection of talks that Bowlby gave and as such does not detail Bowlby's attachment thoery, but makes reference to it.

Importance of a secure childhood
A collection of lectures/essays which describes Bowlby's classic work in attachment theory. Most importantly provision of a 'secure base' for children so that they can go explore away and further from it and not be afraid of abandonment. If such a base is not provided, later life may become a struggle to find such a base with the fear of abandonment in the back of the mind. Weakening all initiative and preventing trust.

Bowlby is my hero
Bowlby is "the man" when it comes to attachment theory. He is an easy read, talks sense and brings the idea of attachment theory alive. Whether you are a professional or just interested, give it a go