The Importance of a Personal Story

[A] strong predictor of stable, secure attachment in babies was the primary[caregiver's] ability to recount a coherent story of their own lives. That story doesn't need to be historically accurate. It does not need to be positive. It is not necessary to have had a happy childhood. All that is necessary is to be able to tell both yourself and an interviewer a story that hangs together and makes sense.

via scientificamerican.com




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