Parenting a Child’s Brain

John Bowlby's attachment theory proposes that infants are biologically predisposed to form attachment relationships with parents who are the source of comfort and protection. The way parents engage and interact with their baby forges new brain pathways in their higher (upstairs) brain – frontal lobes. When a parent is warm and responsive to their infant when they are distressed or afraid, the brain will connect in a secure attachment style.