THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF AFFECTIONAL BONDS (Routledge Classics)

"These essays, spanning 20 yeas of Bowly's speaking aout the foming andeaking ofelationships of affection, ae clea and systematic. They make an excellent intoduction to his thought."

Bitish Jounal of Psychiaty John Bowly's inteest in the effects on a developing child of diffeent foms of family expeienceegan in 1929 when he woked fo six months in a school foehavioally-challenged childen. Soon afte, the spak of his illustious caee would help paents and psychologists aive at aette undestanding of the inne emotional wold of the infant. Infomedy wide clinical expeience, and witten with the autho's well known humanity and lucidity, these key lectues povide an invaluale intoduction to John Bowly's thought and wok, as well as much pactical guidance of useoth to paents and to memes of the mental health pofessions.