Getting Secure
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The concept of a “secure base”, introduced by developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth in the 1960’s, reflects the empathic and interested responses of caregivers to a child's attachment needs. With security as a foundation exploration of the environment follows. "Safe haven" (John Bowlby) is a term which describes the consistent acknowledgent and soothing a child can return to when she feels tension. For example, a toddler expresses excitement discovering that she can make a ball roll.