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Welcome to the Social Work Journal with your host Deltom! This podcast is a place for healing and a place for those of us who are looking for answers to questions we have in life.
In today’s episode (recorded in April 2021) of the Social Work Journal, we talk about attachment. Attachment is the emotional bond that forms between an infant and their primary caregiver that helps evolve the child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. Since Deltom herself is a mother of a (then 18 month-old), she wanted to share highly useful information about this topic through theory, research, and her own experiences.
[7:00] Sleep Train – Although recommended by some pediatricians, the sleep training cry-out method or the extinction method, could be very controversial as some parents believe it to be cruel
[8:30] Transitional Object – When a baby is separated from the mother for the very first time, it will cling to an object like a stuffed animal or blanket. Hence, this first object is what’s known as the transitional phenomena or the transitional object. The baby believes that this first object is usually someone that is an internalized image of its mother.
[10:10] Good Enough Mother – According to D.W. Winnicott’s theory, a “good enough mother” is someone who meets all the baby’s needs but slowly allows the baby to experience small amounts of frustration and only steps in when it is needed
[10:55] Karl Heinz’s Identity Theory– Without the mother, there’s no baby because the baby’s feeling of self-worth is mirrored off of the mother (indentity)
[12:10] Disillusionment – This is when the baby experiences separation from the mother for the first time and understands they’re a separate entity from their parent.
[15:43] Quality of Attachment – analysis of a recording of Mary Ainsworth and John Bolwby’s, “A Strange Situation Experiment” to illustrate secure attachment looks like.
[19:02] Secure Attachment – when the mother leaves the child and later returns, the child returns to their happy or content state.
[19:22] Avoidant Attachment – The child is curious when the mother is absent less and less as they grow accustomed to her absence. The child appears to be independent.
[21:01] Ambivalent Attachment – in just one word, “inconsolable.” The child wants closeness but doesn’t know how to ask for it.
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By Dellliah AdesanyaWelcome to the Social Work Journal with your host Deltom! This podcast is a place for healing and a place for those of us who are looking for answers to questions we have in life.
In today’s episode (recorded in April 2021) of the Social Work Journal, we talk about attachment. Attachment is the emotional bond that forms between an infant and their primary caregiver that helps evolve the child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. Since Deltom herself is a mother of a (then 18 month-old), she wanted to share highly useful information about this topic through theory, research, and her own experiences.
[7:00] Sleep Train – Although recommended by some pediatricians, the sleep training cry-out method or the extinction method, could be very controversial as some parents believe it to be cruel
[8:30] Transitional Object – When a baby is separated from the mother for the very first time, it will cling to an object like a stuffed animal or blanket. Hence, this first object is what’s known as the transitional phenomena or the transitional object. The baby believes that this first object is usually someone that is an internalized image of its mother.
[10:10] Good Enough Mother – According to D.W. Winnicott’s theory, a “good enough mother” is someone who meets all the baby’s needs but slowly allows the baby to experience small amounts of frustration and only steps in when it is needed
[10:55] Karl Heinz’s Identity Theory– Without the mother, there’s no baby because the baby’s feeling of self-worth is mirrored off of the mother (indentity)
[12:10] Disillusionment – This is when the baby experiences separation from the mother for the first time and understands they’re a separate entity from their parent.
[15:43] Quality of Attachment – analysis of a recording of Mary Ainsworth and John Bolwby’s, “A Strange Situation Experiment” to illustrate secure attachment looks like.
[19:02] Secure Attachment – when the mother leaves the child and later returns, the child returns to their happy or content state.
[19:22] Avoidant Attachment – The child is curious when the mother is absent less and less as they grow accustomed to her absence. The child appears to be independent.
[21:01] Ambivalent Attachment – in just one word, “inconsolable.” The child wants closeness but doesn’t know how to ask for it.
Support:
https://cash.app/$thesocialworkjournal
https://www.venmo.com/u/thesocialworkjournal
Get Connected:
Website: thesocialworkjournal.com
Tik Tok: @thesocialworkjournal
Instagram: @thesocialworkjournal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesocialworkjournal