What is affection? Emotional development, parenthood, child care. Merus J.

Professor Gene Mercer, a recognized expert in the field of mental health of children, describes the history of ideas about attachment, gives a definition of affection and close terms, discusses the problems of its measurement and the stages of its development throughout life. She explains what a good and poor affection is, how violations of attachment arise and what the parental attitudes should be in the process of leaving babies and older children. The formation of attachment in a child living in a full, incomplete or foster family is discussed. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the effectiveness and safety of therapy for attachment disorders.

The book will be interesting to specialists in the field of child and family psychology and pedagogy, social services workers, and, of course, parents who want to learn more about raising their children.