How Having A Single Parent May Affect Your Attachment Style Later On

The theory of attachment styles says the emotional care and security a child received growing up will often affect the way they behave and respond to relationships later in life as an adult. Kids with emotionally available, present, and attentive caregivers tend to grow up with a secure attachment style, whereas kids with unavailable or inconsistent parents may grow up with an insecure attachment style.

So what about the children of single parents? While having a single parent in and of itself is not going to produce the same attachment style in every child, there may be some common themes.