Attachment Theory help

[ethansmummy09]

I need to write a summery of attachment theory? Can anyone help me? PLEASE!!!!

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, who have you studied and what have you learnt? xx

[ethansmummy09]

I haven't studied anyone as yet I just presumed there was just one theory?

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, no you'll be researching different theorists, their ideas and concepts about attachment - to people, objects, types of attachment and how the EYFS (if you work in England) reflects aspects of attachment theory.

What teaching are you expecting to receive from your course tutor?

[kaneez77]

The main accusation aimed at both Bowlby's and Ainsworth's studies are that they are based on a narrow section of society and focus only on the mother as the main care giver. Western society has changed dramatically since these studies were carried out, and some argue that they are outdated. As Goldberg writes ‘an increasing number of children are reared in households with one parent, two partners of the same gender, multigenerational families, or households that include a non-familiar resident' (p.97). Our society is now built from many cultures, each having their own traditions and familial organisation. What is clear from all studies of attachment is that it is not who is doing the caring, but the ‘amount, quality and consistency of care' that is important (Goldberg, p.106).