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@willbelysy1672679627 · 08 Apr 2022

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Attachment, comfort in our children through some object

#kids Surely you have noticed that your children from a very young age have been in love with a particular toy or blanket. . . this is what we will talk about today.

Ideally, a child's attachment figure should be his mother, whose body, attention and care provide him with everything he needs; however, due to the demands of the productive system, mothers are sometimes forced to leave their children to go to work. Objects of attachment are especially important in these situations, since they alleviate the shortcomings left by the lack of the mother figure.

The mother is for every baby the source of food, warmth and protection. A mother is for the child, still immature, who guarantees his survival, but she is also the one who must provide him with the attention and emotional nutrition to grow up healthy.

The figure who cares for the child must provide him with sustained and prolonged attention so that the bond of secure attachment is established, which is the basis on which the self-esteem and confidence that the child feels towards the outside world is built,
The object of attachment provides comfort.

Previously, mothers took care of their children and the house for a long time; however, this model has changed radically, and now many women decide to enter the labor market, leaving their children in the care of others.

This object of attachment also has important psychological functions, since children often look for it when they are alone, when they want to fall asleep or feel bored. In addition, they can reinforce the emotional relationship that the baby has with his parents when they are not around him.

The concept of the object of attachment or transitional was coined by psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, who explains that its function is objective and subjective. Its objective function because it is indeed an object that exists, which is real, but it is also subjective because it is attributed functions in the field of imagination.

One of the positive attributes of the object of attachment is that it can reduce the levels of anxiety generated in the child due to the separation from his parents, especially his mother. It can also help the child cope with times when he or she is lonely.

And you, do you remember that object of attachment that you loved as a child?