eTMA 03 Using the case of Jordan Morgan, explain why secure attachment is so important to childrens development and how life story work can be used to support this.

Secure attachment has played a big part in the bringing up of children and case studies have shown the difference it can make. This essay will begin by explaining about secure attachment with reference to John Bowlbys attachment theory and the difference it makes. The second part of the essay will be about what is and how to do life story work using the case study of Jordan Morgan and what advantages and disadvantages there are connected with it, and the effect it has on the child whilst doing it.

Secure attachment is important when bringing up a child, it doesnt necessarily have to the mother but can be the childs primary carer, and this can be the mother, father, grandparent, nanny or any other main carer. A secure attachment is where someone is always there for the child to make the child feel safe, secure and comforted. John Bowlby believed that children who have a secure at…(short extract)