Attachment it does not have to be the biological mother

Running Head : THE MOTHER-INFANT ATTACHMENT

An Essay on the Mother-Infant Attachment and the Strangers-Infant Relationship

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The relationship of a child and a mother will always have certain advantages and disadvantages . The most painful for a mother perhaps is when the child or infant does not recognize the mother anymore as a maternal figure and instead sees other people as a person who is portraying that role . These other people may sometimes be in the figure of the father , grandparents , even

, in some cases , a complete stranger As what is the case today and is practiced by the majority - caregivers (or nannies ) are the ones who are taking care of the child and this situation places him or her as the maternal figure . This will discuss that particular situation . It will answer various questions such as : What is attachment ? What makes a child ? How can other people , most especially strangers or caregivers become to infants

An Essay on the Mother-Infant Attachment and the Strangers-Infant Relationship

With the added opportunities brought by globalization today , there is no wonder why there is a tremendous increase for mothers to want a career . With the economic crisis and recession happening on a global scale , it is also no wonder why many mothers need to have a career . This is the reason why there is a tremendous increase in working mothers thus , an increase in caregivers or nannies too as they replace the roles of the...