“Attachment is a deep and long-lasting emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space” McLeod (2009), As a critical component of social interaction and emotional development, the need for and role of caregivers is a widely studied area. Theories differ on the damage that a paralyzed or complete lack of attachment causes to a child in terms of social, emotional or intellectual development. These theories range from Harlow's unethical work with newborn rhesus monkeys to Chisholm's study on Romanian orphans, the work remains relevant to being aware of how to support or curb the deleterious effects that studies appear to be congruent about occurring. in children who are victims of abuse or who have been abandoned. The article Total Social Isolation in Monkeys by Dodsworth, Harlow, and Harlow (1965), compares rhesus monkeys to children because there are parallels between the social development of humans and monkeys. The study kept baby rhesus monkeys in total isolation, thus completely depriving them of any care and attachment possibilities, mimicking children in orphanages or children suffering from emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Although no monkeys died during isolation, one monkey that had been isolated for 3 months developed emotional anorexia and subsequently refused to eat and died. While the effects of total social isolation from birth were severely deleterious, rhesus monkeys who were socially isolated from birth did not display social skills such as play, aggression, or sexual behavior, but instead high levels of fear in social situations. Harlow observed, however, that although the social or emotional brain had been erased, the intellectual part appeared to be intact. Suomi and Harlow (1972) also found the... center of the paper... red children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 47, 449-457.Hodges, J., & Tizard, B. (1989). IQ and behavioral adaptations of ex-institutional adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 30(1), 53-75. Hodges, J., & Tizard, B. (1989). Social and family relationships of former institutionalized adolescentsKipp, K., & Shaffer, D. R. (2009). Developmental psychology: childhood and adolescence. (pp. 449-453). Cengage Learning.McLeod, S. (2009). Attachment theory. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.htmlMeins, A. (2011). Emotional development and attachment relationships. In G. Bremner & A. Slater (Eds.), An Introduction to Developmental Psychology (2 ed., pp. 183-216). Sussex: British Psychology Society Salters-Pedneault, K. (2010, April 30). Repress emotions. Retrieved from http://bpd.about.com/od/livingwithbpd/a/suppress.html