Blog 50

Attachment between parents and their children is critical in a child’s development and performance in later years. Depending on the attachment formed in early life, the life of a child could be changed dramatically. There were many ideas from students in class that could help to increase attachment. One person from the class said communication is the most important thing between a child and his or her parents. Another student said spending quality time with a child is most important. Also, the importance of the skin-contact has been mentioned. All of them are nice ways to increase attachment. However, these factors do not work independently, but are strongly correlated and function together. Also, all of them are equally important to creating a strong attachment. I experienced a similar childhood. After I entered school, I couldn’t have enough conversations with my parents. Both of my parents were diligent and motivated people, and never came back home till late evening. We didn’t have much time to talk during my middle school period, because of the rigorous educational condition of East Asia. Moreover, as I advanced farther in my education, I moved away from my family to study in US. Since then I have been live by myself and do not have chances to have deep conversations with my parents.
To increase attachment with a child, spending quality time with enough conversation is a basic necessity. Moreover, having adequate amount of skin-contact is important so that the child can make a social-emotional base with you.