The Importance of the Attachment Bond

  You probably already know that relationships with the people around you are important in your life. For instance, your parents, friends, and partner… but why is this? Why’s the attachment bond so important? Here, you’ll be able to delve into the attachment relationships that we all establish in childhood and why they’re so important in our development. The importance of the attachment bond The English psychoanalyst, John Bowlby, (1985) claimed that attachment is any form of behavior that results in an individual getting close to another person they consider important. During childhood, the priority for any human being is…