Parents and Other Primary Caregivers of Children Aged 3 Months to 15 Years, The Program for the Study of Infancy at East Tennessee State University is conducting an online research study on parent and child factors associated with adverse childhood experiences. Participants in the study are eligible to be entered into a drawing to win one of twenty $75 electronic gift cards from Amazon.com or other online retailers. If you are a parent or primary caregiver of a child in this age range and would like to participate in the study on adverse childhood experiences, please visit the link.

" "Supportive relationships play an enormous role in resilience across the lifespan. Close attachment bonds with a caregiver and effective parenting protect a young child in multiple ways that are not located 'in the child,' " write Ann Masten, PhD, and Andrew Barnes, MD, from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, in a commentary on resilience in children.

“If parents want conversations with their teens to have the most benefit, it’s important to remember to use supportive tones of voice. It’s easy for parents to forget, especially if they are feeling stressed, tired, or pressured themselves.”

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."

In "You can't love too much": "At the end of the day, the most important lesson is this: Children don’t need to be pushed to separate or to grow up.

"In a world where many parents work outside the home, stellar child care becomes a critical component of wellbeing. As such, child care and early education programs might be evaluated based on the extent to which they adhere to EDN-consistent care."

We are excited to announce that Praeclarus Press has taken over the publishing duties for the book Attached at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children by Barbara Nicholson & Lysa Parker.

"I’m now 29 and have 3 kids with my wife Franziska who carried and birthed them all like a pro. Here’s what I would tell my childless 24 year old self about how to be a supportive partner during the “becoming parents” phase:"

"There’s no doubt that the ACE Study is an easy door to go through to begin to explore the mind-bending, world-changing knowledge of ACEs science, but there was so much more going on before, during and after the ACE Study was first published. The story of that evolution is for another time.

Welcome to new AP group leader Firdevs Oktay and her group Well-Balanced Parenting in Istanbul! Have an AP parenting group that meets in person? List it on API at https://forms.gle/NPXMzHrtxg9pqRep6. Need info on starting a group? Visit http://www.attachmentparenting.org/groupstart/becomealeader

Excellent observations on making breastfeeding more accessible this Black Breastfeeding Week (Aug 25 - 31): "Too often, the breast-feeding dialogue is centered around the mainstream — typically white, middle-class women — and their experiences. The picture of breast-feeding needs more hourly workers, retail employees and recognition of the unique challenges for schoolteachers and health-care professionals. We must also look at women’s lived experiences.

"Positive representation of Black people in books, media, and lactation support impacts experiences and outcomes. “Research suggests that exposure to books and other resources about people who look like them, and stories that reflect their world, may contribute to an infant and toddler of color’s developing appreciation of self.” (Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Ernie J.