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The Latest Research on Disciplining Children Will Make You a Better Parent—and a Better Spouse "Conditions such as depression, anxiety, and attention deficit disorder stem from our inability to properly manage thoughts, emotions, and behavior.	Nature and Nurture Contribute Equally to Depression Risk “If you have a genetic risk for depression you would be wise to enhance certain elements of the child-rearing environment to protect against transmission of depression,” Luby said in a phone interview.
AP Month 2017 is here -- Let's celebrate "Word Power" Learn about the research behind this year's theme for AP Month, and get ready to celebrate Attachment Parenting by empowering our children's words.	AP Month Photo Contest 2017 We’ve got a big idea for AP Month this year, but it depends on a collaboration with you – and all AP families! Let’s build a photographic image-base demonstrating our strength for Word Power – and share it with the world!
AP Month Photo Contest 2017 Announcing the theme of AP Month 2017 -- "Word Power: Communicating for Connection" -- and inviting your photo submissions on this theme.	Developing resilience in children "The most recent statistics collected by the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (2015) of State College students found that, “The most common depressed thought was “at times I think I am no good at all,” reported by 26.7 percent of students in this... read more
True sportsmanship Good sportsmanship is a tough skill to learn -- for both children and adults. This video demonstrates empathy in action among preteens who just won perhaps the biggest soccer match of their lives.	Parenting for peace in a war zone Most of us are fortunate to have never known war up-close. Most of us have never spent time as a refugee. Most of us have never tried parenting for peace in a war zone. This video describes what's all involved.
You Can Stop Yelling: Here's Your 10 Step Plan Yelling hurts kids, but it can be a hard habit for a parent to break. Here is a 10-step guide to help you do that.	10 Parenting Behaviors That Create Empathetic Children Don't suppress the child's emotions...Allow the child to see you vulnerable...Display empathy toward others...These are among 10 tips for parents to raise more empathetic children.

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