"Nadella asked his top executives to read Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication. Rosenberg describes the concept as “a way of being very honest, without any criticism, insults, or put-downs, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness.” For Redmond, McCracken writes: The gesture signaled that Nadella planned to run the company differently from his well-known predecessors, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and address Microsoft’s long-standing reputation as a hive of intense corporate infighting. . . . The reading assignment “was the first clear indication that Satya was going to focus on transforming not just the business strategy but the culture as well,” says Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith, a 24-year company veteran."
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Editor's Pick"Human beings have enormous power to enrich life. We can use words to contribute to people’s enjoyment, their wisdom. We can use words that can make life miserable for people. So our words are very powerful. We can touch people in ways that give great pleasure, great nurturing, support. We are powerhouses, and there’s nothing we enjoy doing more than to use that power we have to enrich lives. So isn’t it wonderful that we have this power and the joy it brings when we use it? That’s to be celebrated. Wow! And the more we celebrate that, the less we will be willing to do anything else." ~Marshall B. Rosenberg |
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"Parents really matter. In this study, children who had engaged interested parents, ones who had ambitions for their future, were more likely to escape from a difficult start. "Parents and what they do are really, really important, especially in the first few years of life." ~ Helen Pearson on Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Development |
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Welcome to AP Month 2017 as we celebrate Word Power! Each year AP Month features a different, timely theme around which we invite families to join together and celebrate healthy parenting and happy families. Our themes are generally timely and this one no less so as we take a look at “Word Power: Communicating for Connection.” As parents, we’re familiar with the request for children to “use their words” in all kinds of situations. Often we’re inviting them to practice using verbal expressive language to communicate their needs instead of physical impulses. We’ll go a bit further in this theme and take it to the adult level as we explore the power of words, but specifically look at words that we can use with our children, and anyone, for purposes of connection. Explore the ways you can join us for AP Month! |
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Learn about the research behind this year's theme for AP Month, and get ready to celebrate Attachment Parenting by empowering our children's words. |
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Free online summit - Oct 17 - 19 |
Struggling to help your children connect with one another? Join parenting author Susan Stiffelman for a free series: Raising Siblings. Speakers include Rachel Macy Stafford, Gretchen Rubin, Maggie Dent, Dr. Laura Markham, Amy McCready, Harville Hendrix, Christine Carter, Michael Thompson, Betsy Brown Braun, Elizabeth Lesser and a host of experts in the field. Just click here to sign up! Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
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Darcia Narvaez, professor of psychology in the Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters and a fellow in the Institute for Educational Initiatives, has been named one of two winners of the first Expanded Reason Award for research. Darcia Narvaez is also on API's Board of Directors and chairs an international parenting conference with API. Congratulations, Darcia! The award was given by University Francisco de Vitoria and the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation to recognize innovation in scientific research and academic programs based on Benedict XVI’s proposal to broaden the horizons of reason. The university and foundation sought academic works that question and explicitly incorporate reflections on the anthropology, epistemology, ethics and meaning that exist within the specific science. Two awards were given for research, and two were given for academic programs. Narvaez’s book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, was chosen from among more than 360 total entries from 170 universities and 30 countries. Narvaez will receive the prize, including a substantial monetary award, at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City on September 27. See also the Audience with the Pope and the Award Ceremony.
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Feed with Love and Respect
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"Pediatricians’ recommendations and practices became more closely aligned with AAP policy from 1995 to 2014; however, their attitudes about the likelihood of breastfeeding success have worsened. These 2 divergent trends indicate that even as breastfeeding rates continue to rise, continued efforts to enhance pediatricians’ training and attitudes about breastfeeding are necessary." |
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