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It is believed that humans , like newborn birds and mammals in general have the natural capacity to bond with their mothers . This natural capacity has since been called imprinting ' the instinctual behavior of an infant where the child establishes a pattern based on the environment . The solemn responsibility of being parents to a child is grave , and the consequences are immense should they fail in any of the areas of parenthood . On the contrary , when it comes to deliberately

hurting a child , or causing damage to their psyche ' as a person , the term failure ' would not be adequate or appropriate to describe its effects . Whether abusing or neglecting a small person , studies reveal that the results are almost the same : the destructive effects are colossal and prevailing for almost all of the rest of the child 's life

Infants , in their earliest stage learn from the environment provided to them and respond /bond accordingly . This theory was taken from ethologist Konrad Lorenz and then expanded on by John Bowlby , a British research scientist who is considered to be the founder of attachment theory (Reebye et al , at www .attachmentacrosscultures .org . The relationship between the infant and the caregiver is particularly important and critical to the healthy emotional development of the child ( HYPERLINK "http /articles .syl .com /attachmentparentinggroupsisthissomethingnew .htm l http /articles .syl .com /attachmentparentinggroupsisthissomethingnew .html

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Background study : Parenting Style and Attachment

As soon as infancy stage , babies want to relate and therefore...