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Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Attachment Parenting emphasizes building a strong, emotionally secure bond between parent and child through responsiveness to the child’s needs. It’s based on the idea that a child’s early experiences, particularly their relationship with their caregivers, significantly impact their future emotional health and ability to form healthy relationships.

ACES, Adverse Childhood Experiences Adultism Adverse Childhood Events, ACES Alloparenting Babies Birth Psychology (Prenatal and Perinatal Experiences) Birth Trauma

When We Fail To Be Shocked

In August, I wrote a piece urging us not to buy into the language of ‘shock’ when it is used to describe images of…

Quiet Hugs

Morning and Muse often arrive together. Today their light cast long shadows across the wood floor. The house was…

Enlightenment Is…

I hope every parent is knocked off their chair by the astonishing capacity their child exhibits every day. Recall –…

Small Is Better

When my children were babies, I worried about every cough and fever. I frantically thumbed through my…

Everyday Abuse

Holding my hand Carly Elizabeth stopped in her tracks. Walking down the street, a few yards ahead, were three large…