The symptoms of attachment disorder in children are unexplained irritability, inappropriate interactions with strangers, limited smiling, difficulty in being comforted and avoiding caregivers.
Children with attachment disorder may also have a lack of wariness towards strangers and have difficulty in forming meaningful connections.
Children who have attachment disorders often struggle with forming close and healthy relationships with their peers or caregivers.
And they may also appear detached, withdrawn and be unresponsive to others including their caregivers.
Children with attachment disorder may also actively avoid or resist physical closeness and affection and they may also not seek comfort from caregivers when they are distressed or may even reject comfort when offered comfort.
A child with attachment disorder may also show a limited range of emotions, which include fear, sadness or irritability and especially in social situations.
A child with attachment disorder may also be overly friendly or inappropriately familiar with strangers or even show a lack of fear in potentially dangerous situations and they may also experience intense bursts of anger or difficulty in controlling of impulses and have unpredictable mood swings.
They might also spend a lot of their time rocking, headbanging or even engaging in other self soothing behavior and they often have a lack of empathy and have difficulty in understanding of or responding to the emotions of others.
A child with attachment disorder may also exhibit aggression, defiance or even exhibit other challenging behaviors.