The nurse is observing a set of new parents to ensure that they are bonding with their newborn. What displayed behavior would indicate that the parents bonding is maladaptive?

Neglecting the child

Explanation:

Maldatives behaviors are the behaviors that do not facilitate the parent-infant bonding, meaning that they are those behaviors that are hindering the process. And the best way of removing that is to encourage the behaviors that counter them.

The process of pointing out the responsiveness of the infant is a positive strategy for facilitating parent-infant attachment. Telling the mother that she must pay attention to her infant may be perceived as derogatory and is not

appropriate. Educating the mother in infant care is important; however, pointing out the responsiveness

of her baby is a better tool for facilitating mother-infant attachment. .