Quotes are from:
  High Risk:Children Without a Conscience
  by Dr. Ken Magid and Carole McKelvey

"An affectionate bond between two individuals that endures through space and time and serves to join them emotionaly." (Vera Fahlberg, M.D.)

A healthy attachment helps the child to: attain his full intellectual potential sort out what he perceives think logically develop a conscience become self-reliant cope with stress and frustration handle fear and worry develop future relationships reduce jealousy (Fahlberg)