
How Attachment Theory Works
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The Effects of Attachment Theory on Society
attachment theory is the dominant rationale that forms the basis for how society approaches families that have problems. It says it's better to leave a kid in a troubled home and leave the existing attachments intact than to remove the kid if you can support the troubled home and make it into a better home. That's attachment theory. And then you can extend it even further and that attachment theory is how parents raise kids now. So the effects of attachment theory are going to be felt for generations and generations and generations.
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