Ambivalent Attachment In Daddy Day Care

As fathers Charlie and Phil recently became unemployed, they have to come up with another way to make ends meet. They decided to create “Daddy Day Care” because there is no other way for them to both take care of their children and provide for their families. When the first day of day care arrives and mothers are dropping off their children, one little boy named Dylan becomes a problem to drop off for his mother. Dylan is clung tightly to his mother, and when she tries to hand her son to Phil Dylan throws a hissy-fit. The fit becomes so extreme that Dylan is shrieking as loudly as he can so that she will not leave. Phil has to pry Dylan off of his mother, who is holding on to every last shred of her that he can get a hold of. As soon as Phil gets Dylan off of his mother, she runs away immediately and Dylan continues to throw his hissy-fit until he can be distracted by something else.
Because of the way that Dylan reacts to his mom leaving, he shows ambivalent attachment towards his mother. The ambivalent attachment is a result of the biological needs and emotional needs of the child are met, but they are met inconsistently. The attachment that Dylan had with his mother could not be represented in any other form because he had a specific reaction to her leaving. Dylan became extremely clingy and started throwing a hissy-fit when his mother left, which is why he can be explained to have an ambivalent attachment with his mother. None of the other attachment styles would have shown this type of reaction when a child is being left by their parent. Therefore Dylan could not have had any other type of attachment to his mother other than