Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all.

Secure attachment has been linked to a child's ability to successfully recover and prove resilient in the presence of a traumatic event.

A child's attachment process begins within the first year of life...

A secure attachment is the ability to bond; to develop a secure and safe base...

Attachment. A secure attachment is the ability to bond; to develop a secure and safe base; an unbreakable or perceivable inability to shatter to bond between primary parental caregiver(s) and child; a quest for familiarity; an unspoken language and knowledge that a caregiver will be a permanent fixture.