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When people compare Asian parenting styles with Western styles of parenting, they may erroneously think it’s one simply of culture. While culture plays a significant role, one must look deeper by ...

Attachment theory is almost everywhere. In magazines and books, in the news, on social media and in our conversations with each other. Originally rooted in developmental psychology, the theory ...

A person with a fearful, avoidant attachment style may fear closeness and appear to seek independence. At the same time, however, they may rely heavily on the support of others. It is an insecure ...

You can develop an anxious attachment style if your parents were inconsistently attentive to your needs in infancy and childhood. How a caregiver interacts with a baby or young child can affect the ...

In the past few years, attachment theory has become central to most conversations about relationships, and for good reason: attachment theory can help make sense of relationships. It answers the ...

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The emotional connection formed by nonverbal emotional communication between an infant and their parent or primary caregiver is known as the attachment bond. This bond is not based on love or the ...

You know the feeling you get when your crush finally texts you back after days of going dark? The butterflies in your stomach, that roller-coaster-of-emotions-gripping anxiety can make you, well, a ...

The rise of therapy-speak has paved the way for attachment styles to become a mainstay in daily conversation, which isn’t a bad thing. Your attachment style is like your personal emotional ...