“If a child doesn't have a secure and stable relationship after a parent leaves, she keeps her feelings inside because it's not safe to put them out there. Later on the child thinks, 'I'm not going to trust you.' Her future attachments get compromised, because she never worked through the attachments she did have. All she had to do was protect herself, and part of that protection was not to attach to anyone.” GriefRelationshipChildhoodSecurityTrustAttachmentStabilityInstabilitySelf Protection Book:Treatment of Complicated Mourning Source: Treatment of Complicated Mourning