“A high percentage of parents with disorganized / disoriented infants have histories of unresolved childhood trauma, such as the early loss of a parent, abuse, or witnessing of parental violence (Lyons-Ruth, Yellin, Melnick, & Atwood, 2005)… Their infants are often alarmed and frightened by their intense expression of fearful emotions: ‘Frightening behavior on the part of the still-traumatized parent should lead to a disorganized/disoriented infant, since the infant is presented with an irresolvable paradox wherein the haven of safety is at once the source of alarm’ (Main & Hesse, 1990, p. 180).”
— Douglas Davies, Child Development: A Practitioner’s Guide, Third Edtion (via disabledbyculture)


















