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Tiger parents raise anxious cubs: The lifelong damage of harsh parenting In an age when the formula for success seems infinitely regressive—when having a good career means going to a good college, which requires acing your way through a top high school, middle school and even preschool -- the onus is on the parent to... read more	Choose to respond with love It was getting close to time to leave the park, so I told my 5-year-old son he could do one last loop around the trail on his bike.
Attachment Parenting makes for easy sibling relationships Parenting can be a daunting and intimidating experience.	How secure sibling attachments happen The importance of a secure parent-child attachment is not a new revelation: This is what sets the foundation for all future relationships a child will have in his or her life. But there is also something to be said for security between siblings... read more
Attachment Parenting and siblings I am often amazed at how well my children get along. They are 9, 7 and 3 years old and each have very close, warm, secure and unique bonds with one another that very much enhance our family.	Strength-based parenting improves children's resilience and stress levels Children are more likely to use their strengths to effectively cope with minor stress in their life if they have parents who adopt a strength-based approach to parenting.
Responding with sensitivity when it's hard As an API Leader, I frequently give parents guidance on ways to respond to their children in different situations. But the truth is, I don't always follow my own advice.	You can do it: You are strong enough to stop spanking There is another way. You don't have to spank your kids to discipline them. Or hit. Or smack. Or swat. Or slap. Or give a good whoopin'. Yeah, you'll still get angry with your children.
Positive discipline is all about the right relationship Some parents misconstrue Attachment Parenting as promoting undisciplined children and martyred parents, when in actuality, Attachment Parenting has a strong basis in discipline and balance.	Obeying out of fear "A child who obeys out of fear will only do so as long as he or she is scared. A child like this never develops an internalized sense of right and wrong without being policed by a more powerful figure."

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