Attachment Foundations
This type of attachment develops when a child consistently experiences comfort, safety, and support from a caregiver.
What is secure attachment?
This ability helps children manage feelings like anger, fear, excitement, and sadness appropriately.
What is emotional regulation?
This parenting approach recognizes that caregivers do not need to be perfect in order to raise secure children.
What is good-enough parenting?
This simple word describes the idea that healthy development happens through relationships, not isolation.
What is “and”?
This researcher helped establish attachment theory by studying the effects of separation between children and caregivers.
Who is John Bowlby?
A caregiver showing delight, comfort, or calm that matches a child’s feelings is demonstrating this skill.
What is attunement?
The Circle of Security motto says, “Whenever possible, do this with your child’s needs.”
What is follow my child’s needs?
This kind of environment provides a child with a genuine and safe experience of belonging.
What is a holding environment?
This process occurs when a caregiver helps a child manage emotions before the child can do it independently.
What is co-regulation (coregulation)?
When a caregiver stays emotionally present with a child’s feelings instead of dismissing or fixing them immediately, they are doing this.
What is Being-With?
This phrase describes the qualities caregivers should bring to the Circle: bigger, stronger, wiser, and this.
What is kind?
This quality helps people form friendships, work well with others, and create healthy relationships throughout life.
What is empathy?