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Connecting from the Heart: How to Use Nonviolent Communication With Our Children "On the journey of peaceful parenting, how we communicate and what we communicate with our children is important.	Attachment Parenting: A Checklist and More "Human beings are wired to resist being told what to do or bossed around outside of the context of attachment. This is actually a very good thing.
Screen-Free Week is April 29 – May 5	Got Your ACE, Resilience Scores? The CDC's Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) uncovered a stunning link between childhood trauma and... read more
Dipesh Navsaria, M.D: Parenting is the toughest job out there "That parent who puts their child in front of one of those fraudulent “learning DVDs” isn’t being lazy — they’re worried they won’t get it right for their kid. This issue of a “skills gap” isn’t unusual"	The Emotionally Healthy Child "The emotionally healthy child is learning how to make choices that are good for him or her and good for others, which I call smart choices.
How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience "According to Damour, the most powerful force for good in a teenager’s life is a “caring, working relationship with at least one loving adult.” Within that context, adults can offer teenagers empathy, grounded perspective and a vote of confidence as	Gentle Parenting Can Reduce Conflict In Families And Give Children Sense Of Purpose "A new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that adults who have a hard time finding their sense of purpose in life possibly had more conflict with their mothers in their early elementary school years.
How Attachment Parenting Helps Raise Resilient Children "It often seems like society gives us two options: we either raise them to be tough and ‘take no prisoners’ or to constantly ‘turn the other cheek’ and let them become the bullied of every situation.	Nurture “We are not the survival of the fittest, we are the survival of the nurtured.” - Louis Cozolino

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Effects of Group Prenatal Care on Psychosocial Risk in Pregnancy: Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial

Ickovics, J. R., Reed, E., Magriples, U., Westdahl, C., Rising, S. S., & Kershaw, T. S. (2011). Effects of group prenatal care on psychosocial risk in pregnancy: Results from a randomised controlled trial. Psychology and Health, 26(2), 235-250.

Group prenatal care was helpful in increasing self-esteem while decreasing social conflict and depression among at-risk women.