According to adult attachment theory, if people feel safe and cared for, they will carry forward into their adult relationships a secure attachment style in which they feel confident about themselves and confident that others will treat them well (Whitbourne,2014). When babies are born they develop a secure attachment to their care giver. Usually that caregiver is the mother. This secure bond becomes the foundation for a healthy development for a child. What is important that the book states is a secure bond, where an infant feels nurtured, loved and receives attention. When an infant feels abandoned they become anxious into their adult life. Form there they have difficulty building healthy relationships. We see cases of adults where men or
