At Shane’s Hope, we talk a lot about protecting children during separation and divorce. We focus not just on the legal side, but on the emotional side as well. Because not all bonds are healthy, and not all attachment is rooted in safety. Sometimes it is rooted in survival. The term trauma bonding, first introduced by Patrick Carnes, describes a powerful emotional attachment that forms through cycles of harm and intermittent reward. It is not a buzzword. It is a deeply condit