A child’s positive sense of well-being is central
to their overall growth and development. With an
increasing number of mothers in the workforce, many
infants and toddlers spend much time in child care services.
Hence it is crucial that caregivers provide a secure base for
the child to develop secure attachment with educarers.
Given multiple caregivers, fostering attachment in the child
care setting can be problematic. One strategy used in some
countries is the implementation of a primary caregiving
system. The purpose of this research study was to investigate
how caregivers in two childcare centres in Singapore
implemented the primary caregiving system. A ‘beforeand-after’
methodology was used to find out if change had
occurred after the intervention. Results showed that
attachment in infants/toddlers had strengthened through the

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• A Research Study on Secure Attachment Using the Primary Caregiving Approach

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