I think that attachment (and therefore later well-being) is largely influenced by culture (i.e. what is seen as "socially acceptable"). For example, a culture where independence and self-reliance is valued, a child probably won't become that attached to their parents. It all comes down to individual experiences, however, because there's no way we can generalize how people will turn out based on their cultures.
I agree with this completely. Culture can play a huge role on how a person becomes attached and how they experience life. A better feeling of well-being often comes from how a person's surroundings are at present. Culture affects the way a person's surroundings are greatly.
I also agree. In American culture, toddlers are frequently left in daycare facilities, which causes much different atachment behaviors than in cultures where toddlers usually spend more time with parental figures.
I agree as well. American culture tends to be more focused on individualism while oriental cutures tend to focus more on collectivism. this is why american child may sleep alone at night much earlier than children in other cultures, which can influence their attatchment style.
I completely agree, if a culture fosters a certain behavior, then people are programmed to try and follow the norm, even if it means putting other priorities first, which foster different relationships between the caregivers and the children. The way culture & society are these days, there is a bigger gap between social communication, because of jobs and technology, making it harder for the caregivers to focus on the children, and/or give them undivided attention & care at any time during the day.
I agree with the idea that culture influences attachment. Culture permeates all human beings and is thus going to influence a parent's interactions with their child. I'm not sure, however, that I agree with your statement about independent and self-reliant cultures. Even if a culture does endorse self-reliance, a child at that early age cannot possibly do things for themselves, so they are still going to need a caregiver and that is going to create the same kind of attachment.
While I agree that culture will likely affect a persons attachment, I feel that culture is too general of a term to really be pinned to anything, as you note it comes down to the individuals experience. Especially at the very early stages of development, I dont believe there are any cultures which push for independence, and a very young child would not likely be able to pick up on subtle differences between various culture specific raisings.
I agree with the general notion, however I believe it's more accurate to say that individuals will tend to mimic the behavior of their parents, so even if they are securely attached, their behavior will reflect that of the mother. As time passes, the mother as a role model expands to the individual's peers. Thus, in order for the individual to properly interact with their peers, they could to embody the values of their society and culture.
I like this idea, but could it be that the culture develops their values due to a genetic predisposition towards those values and therefore those values would be present in the child as well?
