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Directory Top Categories Featured Schools Boarding School Articles Boarding School Guide Attachment Disorder Adoption Issues Attachment disorder comes from situations that occur before a child is three years old. If a child had too many caregivers, he may have failed to bond to any of them. Sometimes there was only one caregiver, but that person was neglectful or abusive. In other instances, a child's caregiver may have simply died or otherwise been unavailable, often through parental illness either mental or physical. Because of his past, a child cannot form normal attachments to his parents and others who love him. Sometimes a loving family adopts a child without knowing her full history. She may have been in an orphanage where no one met her need for love and connection, or passed through a series of mediocre foster homes. Problems that arise in her teen years sometimes have a basis in those first three years of neglect and abuse when the attachment disorder first began. A teen with attachment disorder often appears wary of others. He may be unable to show affection and resist any physical contact with others. He may be a "loner" who actively turns away from social interactions. He may be angry and hostile to family members, who try everything to "break through." | |
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