Attachment Theory: Early Childhood In Japan

The Attachment theory is the focal point of understanding the physically and emotional relationships among individuals that starts off with the first interactive love relationship that usually involves a primary caregiver as an infant which is usually your mother. Within the Attachment Theory it is the mother/child bond that develops the infant’s brain development to create self-esteem, how you view others, ability to trust and how to eventually develop a successful adult relationship. Parents that are present, dependable and responsive to the needs of the child allow them to build up a sense of safety which creates a secure base for the child to then explore the world.
Attachment Theory has giving us the ability to comprehend child development. Each child develops different attachment styles according to their exposure and relationships coming from their parents. There are four different types
Unfortunately, controlling a child rather than setting limits and boundaries with understanding and focusing on the relationship can have an outcome of an uncooperative child.
Early Childhood in Japan, preparation in social and moral behavior should come after a period of infant development and Japanese believe that the liability for such guidance is a combination of the community and society and not the child parents.
Adults rarely punish or praise, but rather allow child to self regulate performance out of desire to conform. Dependency is more desirable in the Japanese culture; closeness and interdependence are both classified in the west as undesirable anxious-resistant characteristics. In Japan, mothers very rarely allow others to look after their child, which may help explain why Japanese infants tend to display the greatest levels of resistant attachment (Miyake, Chen, and Campos,