There are other factors that can effect the well-being of a child later in the future. Just because a child is securely attached doesn't necessarily mean that they will turn out perfectly well in the future. For example, say a child is securely attached and then his parents divorce. This may effect the child greatly (in a bad way) and make lead to a future with some problems. Any other circumstance like this could lead to a 'bad' future. From this, we can see that it is not just the type of attachment that leads to the type of the future.
I agree, the correlation made in the lab description is very weak. We could also say the same thing the other way around; sometimes some special circumstance may lead a child who is not securely attached to a better future.
I also agree with this post. This example that you presented takes place very often, as a few of my friends have experienced similar situations. Though, even if the child is securely attached initially, a physical detachment could be argued as not having a secure attachment at all, and may argue that having none caused the problems that child faces.
I agree that the securely attached children will not turn out perfectly well in the future. However, nobody turn out "perfect". what do you mean by "perfect?" Parents divorce gives a negative effect to both attached and less attached children. But my point is that, the attached children is more likely to recover their relationship with their parents after the divorce easily than the less attached ones. The word "easy" does not necessarily mean easy, but divorce will give less destructive outcome for the attached children. There are many other factors can change the way of life of people. However, the attachment with their parents gives the most fundamental emotional connection to the person which holds him strong whenever he is happy or sad. Therefore, the individual is more likely to overcome hardness through the trust and help from the family.
Yes, it is very true all kinds of incidents strongly affect the attachment style. also the child might have a secure attachment style with his mother but not his father and other people who play and important role in his life.
I agree that the fact that a child had a securely attached relationship with a caregiver does not necessarily mean he/she will go on later in life to exhibit "better" and more secure social relationships, due to other factors. However I think that for cases where the secure attachment lasted at least enough so that the child learned enough to understand and appreciate the relationship, the experience will almost always act in a positive way for the child in his later life social relationships.
-- Edited by 102intro on Monday 6th of April 2009 07:55:29 PM
I agree that there are other factors that can affect the child later on in life than just being securely attached. I also mentioned external factors that could determine/affect the child later on and consequently improve or harm their well-being. The example of a childs parents getting divorced, making him/her have a decreased well-being, is a good one as it proves that the type of attachment the child had when he/she was young does not predict the future state of the child alone.
I also agree that other events later could affect attachment styles. A different example is learning that a sibling has a disability. This could happen after the child has already attached to his/her caregiver, but such an event could decrease trust and connection since less attention is being paid to the child due to their sibling.
I totally agree with the idea that there are many factors that could contribute the well being of children as they grow older. As discussed earlier in this page, divorce of parents may affect the child in a negative way. Similarly, I believe that relationship with peers in the teens greatly affects the children. A child might get addicted to drugs if he hangs around with his "bad" friends, although he was securely attached as a child.
