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Rupture and Repair
As children receive consistent feedback from their primary caregivers, infants and young children come to depend on that feedback loop to help them to stay calm and regulated. In this regulated state they can explore, play, and develop more complex communication. When that feedback is absent or misaligned with the baby’s signal the
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by becomes distressed and dysregulated. With the thousands of interactions between caregiver and baby, there are bound to be times when the caregiver is miss-attuned. These moments are called ruptures. What is important is the opportunity to repair this rupture and become in sync again. New studies have shown that healthy development consists of multiple distress and relief sequences that help children learn to expect and tolerate ups and downs. This ability to tolerate distress from the rupture and anticipate repair by returning to a calm regulated state contributes to the capacity for trust, building resilience in the child.
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