As we have all learned over the past year of social distancing, relationships with other people are incredibly important. This is even more true for our children and teens. From day one, we all start building attachments with those around us: caregivers, family, friends, etc. Those relationships help us to learn about ourselves and the world around us. John Bowlby (1969) described the need for attachment as an instinct that is innate in all of us. Healthy attachment promotes our social/emotional development, but can also be linked to all facets of development. These relationships are so important that researcher Harry Harlow (1958) claimed that the need for love is just as strong as our need for food, shelter, etc.