Kerriebah Bedonie

ECE-252

Attachment Observation:

Part A:

1. The child is a male and is at the age of 23 months. The setting is at a daycare when you come in
at the front door you will come in to a little hall that opens to two classrooms (one on the right
and on the left) across the front door is a sliding window that opens up to the office. The
opening to the classrooms both have half open doors where the parents will drop off their
children. From the half open door you enter the classroom (which include four shelves of toys,
two couches, a book shelf, a rug in the middle, a half circle table in front of the classroom, an art
shelve full of play dough, paint, crayons, etc. and in the back is where the cubbies to store each
child belongings)
2. Around 7:25 am, the mother drops off the child. The mother comes in carrying the child and sets
the child down and tells him, “You be a good boy and listen ok?” Then the child nods his head.
Then the mother hugs and kisses her child and opens the half door. At once, the daycare teacher
with a big smile and a good morning greets the child. In an instant, the child’s face brightens up
and greets the teacher with a smile and a morning and a hug.

Part B:

1. The attachment promoting behaviors I see the child displaying are being carried into the
daycare, and give his mother a hug and kiss before the mother leaves.
2. It seems that the mother has a little of a hard time leaving her son and wants to keep him as her
baby by carrying in the child but still leaves her child with the help of her son comfort in the kiss
and hug.
3. The caregiver seemed that she did not approve of the mother caring in the child but seemed
touched by the hug and kiss between the mother and daughter.
4. I think the mother can see the affection her child has for the teacher and respects it because the
teacher helps brightens up the child’s day and seems to create a happy, fun, comfortable
environment for the child.

Part C:

1. The attachment-promoting behaviors the child displaying are: the morning greeting along with
the hug the child gave to the teacher.
2. The morning hug the child has given to the teacher shows that the relationship is very
comfortable and caring and has lots of trust. The morning greeting the child tells the teacher
shows a very comfortable and respecting relationship the child and teacher share.

Part D:

1. I felt that the child was very close to his mother and his teacher with lots of respect. It seems to
me that the child was used to being dropped off every day to where it had become a routine.
Although it is a routine, the mother still has a little hard time leaving her child but the mother’s
nerves are ease because the child has a teacher who brightens up his day and creates a
wonderful learning environment for her students.
2. Advice I would give to the caregiver is to respect the mother and should not be concern about
the mother carrying in her child because it is something that the child and parent seem to enjoy
together and it does not have a negative effect. In addition, the child does not act out because
of being carried in by his mother. In addition, for the parent I would encourage her to continue
to respect the teacher for providing her child a good environment to learn.