Healthy, normal and well adjusted children experience trusting relationships and strong attachments. Children who experience single caregivers and can always rely on their caregiver to meet their needs have a secure and warm feeling of trust. This feeling of trust allows them to explore the world and learn by precept and emulation. Their trusting attachments to parents and caregivers are a strong deterrent to misbehavior. Children develop a since of empathy as well as a conscience. This trusting feeling is the foundation for a child’s development of a value system. The ordinary two-year-old has a reputation of being a little … Continue reading →