Let's start off with an example. Think back to your childhood and how, whenever you fell down, were scared, or had a bad dream perhaps, you called out to your parents and they comforted you. Thus making you feel safe instantly. You had the confidence that if you reached out for your parents, they would care for you and make you feel secure again. Why did that confidence come about? Because of the bond that you had built with your parents. That bond was so strong that you knew that you could depend on them and that the confidence you had in them would never be broken.

The bond that develops between a child and his parents in the early years of a child's life, has a lot of impact on the personality development of the child. In that way it shapes the way in which he will handle different situations in his later life. But what if that bond is not formed? The lack of a bond between the parent and child makes the child feel lonely and insecure and can form the basis of what is more popularly known as an attachment disorder in children. In this following article we will get into the details of what attachment disorder in kids is, what its symptoms are and the treatment methods adopted for the same.

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