Browsing Category
Attachment Parenting / Bonding
How Attachment-Aware Scotland Became ACEs Aware, A Video With Suzanne…
Suzanne Zeedyk, PhD, joined the Kindred Fellowship Program on June 28, 2022, to share her story of bringing ACEs Awareness and trauma-informed movements to…
How Long Should Breastfeeding Last? The Science Says…
Modern society lets cultural beliefs about breastfeeding trump biological needs.
KEY POINTS
Breastfeeding has been made a contentious issue in…
Taking the Science Of Attachment To The Public
Why does our culture still have such a poor appreciation of the impact of childhood experiences? Suzanne Zeedyk reflects on ways that she believes scientists…
Parenting by Experiment or Evolved Nest Companionship?
How do parents decide what research to follow in child raising?
KEY POINTS
Adults need to understand the nature of a baby and her needs.The problem…
What Good Enough Mothers Do: And What Infants Need
Infant health depends on specific kinds of help.
KEY POINTS
If babies don’t receive particular types of care, they suffer.Young children need a…
Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: Addressing Grief And Trauma In Healthy Ways
How to guide children after trauma.
KEY POINTS
The body knows how to heal itself from shock.Children need adults to guide them in trusting their bodies…
Decolonizing Child Raising
Child raising in the western world is off the rails.
Key points:
Colonizers planted trauma all over the world.Colonizer-European child raising…
Why Don’t Healthy Humans Act Like Apes?
Humans evolved greater sociality than chimpanzees.
KEY POINTS
Humans evolved to share child raising and build a big social brain.Humans have bigger…
Children Need Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships: New AAP…
Prevention of toxic stress must be partnered with relational health, says AAP.
KEY POINTS
To grow in healthy ways, babies need to synchronize…
Parenting ‘style’ affects children at a molecular level
How a parent responds to their child’s needs can affect more than just behaviour.
New research from UBC’s faculty of medicine and BC Children’s Hospital…