Styles of attachement

According to the theory of Mary Ainsworth there are three styles of attachement :

1) Secure attachment: children who have this style are attached to their caregiver and are not afraid when they do not see him, they do not have the separation anxiety, they can explore the setting freely while the caregiver is present. Mother is their "safe base" and partner in the interaction and fun. From time to time they touch and hug her. They are not anxious with the arrival of a stranger and they do not react excessively anxious in the absence of the mother, can withstand a short period of separation, and after returning to actively welcome it clearly experiencing the joy caused by her back. The caregiver is responsive to the requirements of a child.

2) Anxious-avoidant insecure attachment: children with an anxious-avoidant attachment style avoids or ignore the caregiver. They do not explore the environment and they are not very interested in toys, even in the presence of the mother, and if they do, their commitment is shorter than in "safe" children. They seem to be constantly preoccupied with the place of residence of the mother. They refer frindlier to a person unfamiliar than to their mother. When the mother leaves, they become vulnerable. After her return tehy do not greet her, openly showing lack of interest and / or avoiding her. The caregiver isn't sensitive and he turns his back on the child.

3) Anxious-ambivalent insecure attachment: children with an anxious-resistant attachment are afraid of exploration and of strangers. The child has a tendency to be close to the caregiver but he can also reject him. They show reactions ambivalent: on the one hand they are looking for intimacy and contact with the mother, and the other they are reluctant to this interaction. It is a form of protection against injury. These children react differently to mothers back: some of them angrily hit his mother like "punishing" her for the fact that they were alone, others are more passive.
The caregiver isn't present in life of the child, it can be a father who delegates a lot.