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What about boys and Attachment Parenting? People often fear that if boys are nurtured too much, it somehow warps their personalities and makes them too dependent and too sensitive. What does this mean when it comes to Attachment Parenting with our sons?	Understanding Shame, part 4: Growing up shame-based Shame is experienced as a passing emotion in almost everybody. It exists to tell us that we are at risk of losing important social relationships, or that we might be thrown out of our group.
Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children Parent support programs improve school readiness, social skills, and academic success among preschoolers while reduces problem behaviors.	Delaying Kindergarten Until Age 7 Offers Key Benefits to Kids: Study Delaying Kindergarten until age 7 provides children mental health benefits by allowing them to develop better self-regulating skills before entering the school environment, according to a Dannish-American study published in The National Bureau of... read more
What Teens Need Most From Their Parents The teenage years are notoriously mysterious for parents, but they don't have to be. Read this year-by-year guide as to how to best parent your tweens and teens.	10 Parenting Behaviors That Create Empathetic Children Don't suppress the child's emotions...Allow the child to see you vulnerable...Display empathy toward others...These are among 10 tips for parents to raise more empathetic children.
Harsh Parenting Can Backfire with Bad Behavior From Teens Seventh-grade students who are frequently yelled at, hit, or threatened by their parents are more likely to rebel against their parents in 9th grade and instead orient toward unhealthy peer interactions, according to an American study published... read more	Parenting Style Impacts Kids’ Attitudes on Marriage, Family Supportive parenting styles -- featuring high or average values on independence paired with a high level of trust and interest shown in the child, as well as large amounts of time spent together -- is linked to not only greater academic... read more
Yes, Parents Can Make a Difference The quality of parent-child attachment in the early years makes a huge difference to that child's well-being, according to pediatric psychologist Meghan Wells. The challenge is getting past the point of blaming parents.	It Depends on How the Mother and Child Survive the First Days After Birth Swedish neuroscientist Dr. Nils Bergman presents on how skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn actually changes the brain development of the infant.

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Quality of Early Maternal-Child Relationship and Risk of Adolescent Obesity

Anderson, S. E., Gooze, R. A., Lemeshow, S., & Whitaker, R. C. (2012). Quality of early maternal–child relationship and risk of adolescent obesity. Pediatrics, 129(1), 132-140.

Insecure attachment with low maternal sensitivity at ages 2 and 3 years was associated with teenage obesity.

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