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“Peer-oriented children live in a universe of severely limited and superficial attachments. The quest for sameness being the least vulnerable way of attaching, it…

— Gabor Maté

“To be mature is, we're told, to move beyond possessiveness. Jealousy is for babies. The mature person knows that no one owns anyone.”

— Alain de Botton

“That sentence is: “Nothing is to be clung to as I, me, or mine.” In other words, no attachments—especially to fixed ideas of yourself…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“shared weakness of some kind—some need for attachment.”

— Dennis E. Taylor

“The contrasts between traditional multigenerational cultures and today's North American society are striking. In modern urbanized North America — and in other industrialized countries…

— Gabor Maté

“Attachment divides the child's world into those the child likes and those the child is indifferent to, those who attract and those who repel,…

— Gabor Maté

“As with all mammals and many other animals, it was simply the natural order of things that the innate attachment drive itself bonded the…

— Gabor Maté

Kids are like glue: they can bond together, unlikely companions, even when there is little else left to maintain the connection.

— Mariella Frostrup

“Children are much more apt to share and talk while building something, playing cards, or riding in the car than when you sit down…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“Attachment within relationships is essential to human well-being ...”

— Anonymous

Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are better equipped…

— Terri E Apter

“Keep in mind that the current generation of young parents desires and authentic, "we-are-in-this-with-you," type of relationship. Receiving interest from a perceived peer is…

— Amy Fenton Lee