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A look back: Highlights of 2015 2015 was a full year!	Harnessing the incredible learning potential of the adolescent brain It has become a cultural cliché that raising adolescents is the most difficult part of parenting.
8 ideas to holiday gift-giving to cultivate more connection The holiday season is upon us. As chilly winds begin to blow and the days become short and gray, we are given the opportunity to draw near and celebrate what brings warmth, light and love into our lives in the face of cold and darkness.	You never stop growing up: An interview with Lisa Reagan of Kindred Media API Resource Advisory Council member, Lisa Reagan shares on API's blog about what it's like watching her son getting ready to leave home and move out on his own, after 17 years of Attachment Parenting.
Talking to our children about world tragedies In the last decade, researchers in the fields of neuroscience and epigenetics have made exciting advances toward decoding how our way of thinking can actually change our bodies.	The root of bullying is shame "While people can be bullied into behaving a certain way for a time, human beings only live a lifetime as good people doing good things for others when they feel good themselves. Feeling good begets doing good."
Going back to work, but not the way I expected When I was pregnant with my first child, I was a social worker in the foster care system. I had recently earned my master's degree in clinical psychology and was on track to become a Marriage and Family Therapist.	Who is Kim John Payne? And why I want you to join me on his API Teleseminar It's hard not to over-schedule our children. They are so many classes, teams and other activities offered at younger and younger ages.
Harsh Parenting Strategies Undermine Learning Parents who want their middle school kids to succeed should opt for creating a home environment that stimulates learning because it could result in higher literacy and math achievement in high school, according to University of Michigan... read more	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.

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