Foundations of Attachment
A simple, compassionate guide to understanding how connection shapes behavior, healing, and human development.
Attachment isn’t a theory reserved for textbooks or clinicians. It’s the everyday, moment‑to‑moment experience of how a child learns to feel safe, seen, and supported. It’s the foundation beneath every behavior, every meltdown, every breakthrough, and every relationship that follows.
For more than three decades, I’ve walked alongside children, teens, and families whose early experiences made trust difficult and connection complicated. What I’ve learned—both as a parent and a professional—is that attachment isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence. It’s about showing up, again and again, in ways that help a child’s internal world reorganize around safety instead of survival.
Attachment 101 is your starting point.
A place to learn the basics without the jargon.
A place to understand why children act the way they do.
A place to explore how relationships—not rewards, consequences, or quick fixes—create real, lasting change from the inside out.
Whether you’re a parent, educator, clinician, or someone who simply wants to understand children better, this page offers clear explanations, practical strategies, and a trauma‑informed lens that honors the complexity of human development.
Because when we understand attachment, we understand the child.
And when we understand the child, everything else begins to make sense.