Concept information
Preferred term
parent-child bonding
Definition
- Bonding refers to the process whereby parents develop emotional ties to—fall in love with—their children. Even in the professional literature, the term is frequently confused with the term attachment, which refers to the reciprocal process by which infants develop emotional relationships with their parents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Bonding, Parent-Child]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/parent-child_bonding
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