... Organisation to investigate if children were likely to be harmed if they were separated from their mothers in the early years (Cowie, 1995). Subsequently, he produced a report in which he argued that very young children form a special kind of relationship with their primary caregiver, usually the mother. This relationship is specific and different from the relationships they form with other people. Bowlby defined this process as monotropism (Cowie, 1995). According to Bowlby, this kind of emotional tie is manifested by the behaviour which seeks to strike a balance between desire to maintain the proximity to the primary caregiver and the natural predisposition to explore the world around. Very early, children develop so-called internal working models, internalised ideas about the nature of their relationships with the primary caregivers based on their previous interactions as well as the expectations and experiences associated with them (Bowlby, 1969). These models remain relatively ...

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