&NA;Mental health practitioners working with infants, young children, and their families are assigning increasing importance to enhancing early child‐parent relationships. Enhancing early child‐parent relationships is viewed both as a goal in and of itself and as a means to enhancing children's development as a whole. In the past three decades, attachment theory and research have made substantial contributions to understanding early child‐parent relationships. This article discusses the implications of one branch of attachment theory and research, that concerning adult attachment, for enhancing early child‐parent relationships. It begins with a synopsis of the theory and research concerning adult attachment. It then presents the implications of this theory and research for interventions designed to enhance early child‐parent relationships. The article argues that enhancing early child‐parent relationships involves two principal tasks: (a) helping parents identify their children's needs and parents' own responses to these needs; and (b) helping parents gain insight into how their “states of mind with respect to attachment” influence their parenting behaviors and their children's development.