Our first means of learning how to regulate our attention, memory, emotion and many other functions of the mind depends on another brain, and to some degree this continues for our entire lives. Over the course of our lives the relative health of our attachment has far-reaching implications for our flourishing, and strongly influences the eventual nature and health of the relationships we develop and maintain into adulthood. It shapes the way we interact with others, what kind of friendships and marriages we will have, and then reinforces the cycle by influencing how we parent our own children.
