Unattached children are manipulative and self-centered. They have extreme self-control difficulties. However, they attempt to control everyone around them. Discipline techniques may seem awkward to teachers who have never experienced the controlling behavior of a severely unattached child. Love and praise are simply not sufficient for these children.
Unattached children learn trust only when they begin to give up control.
Eye Contact Unattached children roll their eyes around in their sockets or look across the shoulder to avoid eye contact. However, their eye contact is excellent when they are very angry or when they are manipulating someone. When a child tries to manipulate, remind him in a calm, firm, controlled voice that you are the boss. I'll be a good boss and a fair boss, but I am the boss. To Control Unattached children often deliberately omit parts of an assignment, letters, words, sentences, problem numbers, or their names.