Glossary
Attachment
Attachment is the bond between a child and their primary caregivers, and the security it provides.
Why it outranks everything else
In the resilience literature, one stable warm adult relationship carries more predictive weight than almost any other single factor.
It is also the least commercialisable finding in child development, which may be why it appears in so little parenting content.
More terms
Total enrolment at a level of education, regardless of age, as a…
Enrolment of the official age group as a share of that age…
The share of the relevant age group completing lower secondary education.
A demographic structure where a large share of the population is young.
The share of a population living in areas classified as urban.
The number of boys born per 100 girls, naturally around 105.