How a child interacts with their peers in school will affect their mental wellbeing later in life. Even with secure attachment styles, children who are bullied and do not have friends throughout childhood will be trained to question themselves, and will be more vulnerable to irrational self critical behavior.
I agree with this. I think that bullying certainly influences attachment styles in children. I think that bullying that occurs early in school is important, but also think that bullying that occurs later in high school during relationship forming years is even more crucial in determining how comfortable a person will be in letting others get close and developing attachment styles.
-- Edited by 102intro on Wednesday 9th of November 2011 07:00:29 PM
I also agree with this. Bullying has various psychological effects on a child that can influence the way they act later in life. It may damage their ability to become attached by creating feelings of distrust or paranoia. Bullying that occurs as they get older may make social interaction more difficult and damage self esteem.
This makes sense because if the child is bullied in school, they will become naturally introverted and will only look to themselves for help. This could prove to be detrimental later in life because the child never learns to work together with other kids.
