Attachment Theory Concepts

noun a female parent or a woman in relation to her child or children

• The mother of the bride looked elegant in her gown.
• My mother always knows how to make me feel better when I'm down.
• Hey, my mom is the bomb - she always hooks me up with snacks.
• Nature is like the mother of all living things, providing sustenance and support.

noun the act of being a mother or providing maternal care

verb to act as a mother or provide maternal care

• The act of mothering involves providing care and nurturing to a child.
• She's always mothering everyone around her, making sure they're okay.
• Stop mothering me, I can take care of myself!
• The teacher took on a mothering role, guiding her students with wisdom and compassion.

adjective not joined or connected to something else; not emotionally involved or committed to someone or something

• The unattached document was filed away in the archive.
• I found an unattached sock in the laundry room.
• She's been living the unattached life for a while now.
• His unattached demeanor made it hard for others to get close to him.

noun a loud vocal expression of strong emotion, typically pain or sorrow

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it)

• Some parents believe in the cry it out method as a way to teach babies to self-soothe.
• I tried the cry it out technique with my baby last night and it was tough.
• If you want your baby to sleep through the night, you might have to cry it out a bit.
• Sometimes you just need to cry it out and let your emotions out.