A healthy bond between parent and child is extremely important for the child's emotional health. This healthy bond between parent and child is called secure attachment. Individuals can be themselves and live a quality life to the extent of the quality of the bond they establish with their parents. Therefore, it is not possible to develop a healthy personality without secure attachment. The reason behind behavioral disorders, unhappy relationships, and failure to achieve one's potential lies in the inadequate bond established with parents during childhood.
The basis of secure attachment is social interaction that begins in infancy. Many games, from the game "This one ate, this one cooked, this one said to me", which starts in infancy and which parents naturally play on the baby's fingers, to closing their eyes saying "peek-a-boo", play an important role in parent-child bonding. The eye contacts, touches, and tones of voice in these games have a healing power in the regulation of the nervous system, as well as in the parent-child relationship, including separation anxiety. This positive social interaction activates "oxytocin", the "feel good" hormone, which reduces stress and contributes to your child's brain development, making him grow and feel better.
When children cannot establish a happy and harmonious relationship with their parents or experience any trauma, the bond between them weakens, which can lead to behavioral problems and emotional distress. When you feel that the harmony between you and your child is disrupted, you can get help from games to re-establish the harmony in your relationship. “Connecting Games” that increase the closeness between you will help you a lot in such periods.
So what kind of games are “Attachment Games”?
To talk about the characteristics of bonding games, such games do not have any specific rules, do not involve competition, are based on cooperation, do not encourage aggression, and do not cause discipline problems. Bonding games are played in mutual interaction and involve lots of laughter, do not require special toys, and consist of games we know.
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