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18.7: Support for Caregivers

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    141553
    • Amanda Taintor & Wendy Ruiz
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    Caregivers and Attachment

    Sometimes parents need help in responding consistently to their infant's needs. A positive and strong support group can help a parent and child build a strong foundation by offering assistance and positive attitudes toward the newborn and parent. In a direct test of this idea, Dutch researcher van den Boom (1994) randomly assigned some babies' mothers to a training session in which they learned to better respond to their children's needs. The research found that these mothers' babies were more likely to show a secure attachment style than the mothers in a control group that did not receive training.[1]


    [1] Human Development by Human Development Teaching & Learning Group is licensed under a Creative Commons CC: BY-NC-SA


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