John Bowlby

John Bowlby was born February 26th, 1907 in London United Kingdom into an upper-middle-class family. He was the fourth of six children. His father was a surgeon to the King’s Household, his mother he saw for only an hour each day except in the summer. Bowlby was raised by a nanny who, when he was four, left to find a better job. He said it was like losing a mother. On April 16th 1938 he married Ursula Longstaff who had a daughter of her own with a surgeon.



Theory
He believed that the bond the child has with his/her caregiver/parent has a much bigger impact of the child. In adulthood the bond they had with their caregiver is responsible for the bond developed between them and an emothionally intimate partner.

Impact On Education
John Bowlby's research forever chaged psychology, education, child care, and parenting. Researchers have extended what he did and developed clinical treatment ways and stragities of prevention.

Interesting Facts
He was raised mainly by a nanny.

At age seven he was sent to a boarding school.

He rarely saw his mother.