A weakness of Bowlby's theory?

-Feminist concerns about the soically sensitive nature of the theory, being entirely focsued on the mother to provide caregiving and the father's role being solely economic -Burman points out this this belief sets up the mothers to take the blames for anything that goes wrong in the child's future. Also gives people an excuse to restrict mothers activites, eg: returning to work -On the other hand, prior to Bowlby's time peopel didn't think that the mother's role was important, and many custody disputes were settled in favour of the father because the mothers were regarded as not necessary. Bowlby's ideas may have real world applications, like key workers in day care who build na attachment with particular babies -On balance, Bowlby's theory has done much more good than any incidental harm and several real-world applications have derived from this theory influencing the use of key workers in day-care settings who build an attachment to a specific baby.