[Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love] [By: Robert Karen] [April, 1998]

by Robert Karen

Genres: Nonfiction

498 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Informational, but it seemed more like a text for psychology students than perhaps a parent's guide. The book's subtitle [First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love] might have you believe the author plans to explain this process to you. Eventually, he does, but this book is more of an historical account of how the attachment theory evolved amid squabbling professionals. And, with rare exception, the author has a habit of describing female counterparts by their body type whereas male counterparts are described by their personality.