We have learned that attachment occurs due to safety needs but what if these needs were not met? In this discussion you will consider attachment styles and potential outcomes when conditions are not ideal for attachment as well as the interaction between attachment styles and temperament.
Kandi is an 11-year-old girl who has lived in Centervale with a foster family the Jacksons for one month. She has been in foster care most of her life having been removed from her biological parents care at the age of 10 months. Kandis parents were addicted to drugs and alcohol and Kandi spent most of her infancy in her crib or playpen alone in her room. It is likely that Kandi was exposed to drugs and alcoholin utero. It is unknown whether in addition to neglect she was abused sexually or physically. These are possibilities given her parents addictions and presence of multiple adults in her house at any given time.
Based on your analysis of the scenario respond to the following: