Family Ties

Strong family ties, based on respect and love, are the pillars of children’s physical and emotional development. For this reason, we must work and build the bond with our children from their first second of life. It is the best way for them to feel that they have our support, sustenance and affection to grow and develop in freedom.

When family ties have succeeded in creating a secure attachment, children feel capable of achieving anything they set their minds to. Our love for them conveys that we will be there for them when they win, but also when they lose or fall down. This security reinforces their self-esteem and self-confidence.

Children will feel more confident to explore their environment, to satisfy their curiosity, to have concerns, to build illusions and to achieve their dreams and desires.

Children are more self-confident thanks to strong family tie

Strengthening family bonds within our home is tremendously positive because it also helps to reduce children’s stress levels. When we give hugs and cuddles to children, we increase the production of oxytocin, also known as the love hormone. This causes cortisol (the stress hormone) to plummet. As a result, children (and adults too) feel comforted.

– The child knows the world from affectivity. Thanks to affective interaction, children internalise how they should interpret the environment around them and even how they should interpret themselves. The child learns about the world from this affective bond that we have built, which has clear consequences for his or her current and future emotional development.

– Working on emotional management with children. But, in addition, if we have managed to build a positive emotional relationship, children will feel much more open to talk about how they feel. Thanks to the bond of parental security and emotional education, children feel more comfortable and will share their feelings and concerns with us. This will allow parents to work on their emotional development.

– When faced with a problem, children will come to their parents.When we manage to build a relationship based on trust with our children, we become the support they will turn to when a problem arises that they cannot solve. In this way, we can guide them to find the best solution.

– Children have better social skills. Empathy, loyalty and love are some of the values that children who grow up in secure attachment develop. In addition, it has been proven that these children tend to have better social skills.

– Less risk of depression. The aforementioned study even acknowledges that when we establish strong family bonds, children are more secure and less likely to develop symptoms related to depression.