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Growing up in an attached family, learning the power of stimulus My home life was rich in attachment -- and stimulus. Attachment begins with the creation of emotionally close, consistent relationships between parents adn children in all child development stages.	Embracing persistence in children When my son was younger, I wondered why he had to be so determined? Why couldn't he be easygoing like most other kids I know? And why did he have to challenge me nearly all the time?
A look back: Highlights of 2015 2015 was a full year!	Don’t want to raise a psychopath? Be sensitive to a child’s distress How do you stop a child, especially one who has experienced significant adversity, from growing up to be a psychopath?
Want your child to learn self-control? First, teach self-validation A child's ability to form healthy self-validation is a vital goal of child development.	Why Teenagers Are The Worst "Adolescents today face temptations that teens of earlier eras, not to mention primates or rodents, couldn’t have dreamed of. In a sense, they live in a world in which all the water bottles are spiked.
What does the research say about the development of bullying in early childhood? "Bullying can pose a serious threat to children’s immediate and long-term health and well-being, and can have profound impacts on all children involved in bullying behaviors, whether as the one bullying others, the one being bullied, or the one... read more	Stow the flash cards mom and dad: Social skills better for your kids "Parents who want their kids to succeed have been known to play Mozart in the nursery and quiz their preschoolers with flash cards. A new study suggests these parents might want to go back to the basics by teaching children to share and take... read more
He just wants to be held Julinda Adams reflects on API's blog how a stranger's comment in a grocery store helped calm her, as a new mother, and get her in touch with both her baby's emotional needs and her own instincts.	Origins of narcissism in children Narcissistic individuals feel superior to others, fantasize about personal successes, and believe they deserve special treatment. When they feel humiliated, they often lash out aggressively or even violently.

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