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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	Happy Peace Day from API! Today is International Peace Day. Learn more about this observance and how Attachment Parenting International works to promote peace throughout the world on API's blog.
Transformed by their love I am humbled by the love I see in my children's eyes, by their desire to show me who they are again and again. "Look, Mom, look at me!" they say with their words and with their bright faces turned to catch my eyes.	A mother's love story As this year's Mother's Day was approaching, I found that I was thrilled to spend time with my kids. I actively left the day free of scheduled activities so that we could be fully engaged together doing whatever came up that we enjoy.
Parenting for a Sustainable World: Cultivating a Reverence for Life It wasn't until I became a parent that I truly understood the deep connection between early childhood experiences and how they affect our relationship to the earth and all living things.	Teaching environmental responsibility Today is Earth Day, which means that many of us are thinking about our environmental footprint. My 2-year-old Jacob is totally oblivious to all of the talk about saving the planet, but my 6-year-old Hannah is very interested.
Insight from the International Children's Yoga Conference on mindfulness This is the true essence of mindfulness work with children and teenagers and adults alike, no matter in which setting. The basic and most important prerequisite is us being mindful ourselves, within our own lives.	In that ugly brown chair By settling in, I mean that I tried to make food available to them as quickly as possible while they clamored and clawed at me, making noises that were part cries, part laughs and part hyperventilation.
Dear "Little Me," a letter from my grownup self I tell myself I'm not that child anymore. She's part of me, but now I can finally free myself from the patterns and throughts that in her mind nad gained strength over the years that followed.	I'm screaming at the top of my voice...can you hear me? One of the messages I thread through much of my writing and through my actions is the need for each of us, from birth, to be heard. To be seen. To be understood.

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