... bonds. This refers to the confidence that the child has in the attachment figure being In 1976 it was thought that emotional bonding with a child had to happen. It was discovered by Klaus and Kennell, as they studied premature babies and found that attachment between mother and child is enhanced by physical contact and the timing of such contact is critical. They argued that 6-12 months after birth is a critical period for motnher's emotional bonding to her baby. There are two theories that are related to the need of food: * Psychoanalytic Theory - Freud argued that the baby's primary drive is for food and that they baby associated its mother with the primary drive. The child later gets a second drive for it's mother and she then becomes desired in her own right. * Learning Theory - Is when the baby's hunger drive it reduced (primary drive) and then the ...

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