Respond with Sensitivity
Build the foundation of trust and empathy beginning in infancy. Tune in to what your child is communicating to you, then respond consistently and appropriately. Babies cannot be expected to self-soothe, they need calm, loving, empathetic parents to help them learn to regulate their emotions. Respond sensitively to a child who is hurting or expressing strong emotion, and share in their joy.
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The power of empathy when parenting is challenging...
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Sometimes our children ask a lot of questions about what's going on, and sometimes they listen and wonder, and worry. Here are some tips about talking with your children about Coronavirus / COVID-19 and keeping lines of communication open.
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"Approximately 40 percent of school-age children in the US meet criteria for flourishing, as operationalized by an index derived from three items designed to assess flourishing in the National Survey of Children’s Health. |
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Parents and Other Primary Caregivers of Children Aged 3 Months to 15 Years,
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9. Attachment Parenting "The goal is for the child to be securely attached so that they will feel like the world is a safe place. All people will be seen as fundamentally good." |
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Gustafsson, E., Levréro, F., Reby, D., & Mathevon, N. (2013). Fathers are just as good as mothers at recognizing the cries of their baby. Nature Communications , 4, 1698.
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