The moods of both participants and the individual situation affect each interaction. Thus, parents need to adapt to such While working with families with infants, social workers have a wonderful opportunity to provide early intervention. Attachment can be addressed in a variety of settings such as family support programs, adolescent parenting programs, and private clinical practices. The following strategies may be implemented with parents to build secure attachments with their infants. Encourage parents to recognize their infant's individuality.
Infants enter the world with distinct personalities.
Emphasize the importance of private time with infants. Private time can include activities such as bathing, dressing, diapering, feeding, and playing. These are times parents can focus solely on their infants. Parents often overlook infants' subtle ways of communicating. In addition, crying, frowning, and looking away are not personal attacks on the parents.