tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post1712434661526325853..comments2023-05-24T15:17:41.155+01:00Comments on Carried Family: All parents are attached?arwen_tiwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190775746566710752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-78172231635613876792009-12-20T09:30:57.347+00:002009-12-20T09:30:57.347+00:00Yes, I see it is attachment with a small 'a...Yes, I see it is attachment with a small 'a' - that is the love that presumably every parent feels for their child, and Attachment with a capital 'A' which is the term used in its technical sense as coined by John Bowlby and is more to do with actions than feelings.<br />I think what you're saying is that a parent can love their child hugely and still bring them up so that the child does not feel a secure attachment because they do not know how to act in order to ensure this, or they choose a method which deliberately introduces detachment, such as Gina Ford.<br />I know many people people hate the term attachment parenting, and I wonder if we need to change the terminology so that other methods become known as 'detachment parenting' in order to make it clear what their main methodlogy is and implies?Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354606225242312518noreply@blogger.com