ATTACHMENT FATHERING - Tecno-Libro

Attachment Fathering, .Neena Roumell, Ph.D., reaches out to expectant and new parents to help strengthen the bond between the fathers and their babies, and to reinforce the opportunity for strong attachments and sensitive parenting. The photographs primarily show fathers and their infants interacting following birth, during comforting, caretaking and during play. .The emotional connections made in the intimacy of nurturing their infant has enduring effects on both the father and his child. Captured by the author in pictures and words, the multicultural images show how babies bring out the father s sensitivity in reading and responding to their infant s, attachment promoting, facial emotional signals. . . . Attachment Fathering provides touchpoints for sensitive paternal responding that will build the foundation for his infant s secure attachment and independence. . .These important touchpoints are the mutual exchanges which