Attachment Quote by John Bowlby

“In Separation, the second volume of his great trilogy on attachment, John Bowlby described what had been observed when ten small children in residential…

— Gabor Maté

I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went through a period where I was close with…

— Sarah Dessen

Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably suffer...from some…

— Judith Viorst

Given Freudian assumptions about the nature of children and the biological predestination of mothers, it is unthinkable for mothers voluntarily to leave their babies…

— Sandra Scarr

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

— Tillie Olsen

“A mother who wants to hold her baby most of the time is judged eccentric and often accused of ‘spoiling’ him. The separation of…

— Gabrielle Palmer

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

— Anna Freud

Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if…

— Stella Chess

“It is important that parents know how to separate between their children’s behaviors and personalities. Any mixing in this matter is kind of neglecting…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

In a sense the physical connectedness that you feel with your children as a mother changes as they become independent.

— Polixeni Papapetrou

Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood.

— Harriet Lerner

“A child must have care and attention, but that care and attention need not emanate from a single, permanently present individual. Children are more…

— Germaine Greer