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Global report showing progress to December 2016 released The Global Initiative is delighted to present our annual global report tracking progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment to December 2016.	Children become ready for intimacy through you What does your marriage teach your child about intimacy?
On handling unwanted advice Learn why people feel the need to tell you how to raise your baby, or criticize your parenting -- though realize that, in the end, you will choose however you'd like to raise your child.	"For better or for worse" is determined by you for your child Enjoy this quote offered through the API Reads program:
Teaching the way of gratitude The study of neuroplasticity confirms that when we intentionally and repeatedly focus on "taking in the good," we cause changes in our neurons that shift us away from the innate bias toward always looking for threat.	Parenting as a protest against hate Although not a new phenomenon, there seems to have been an increase in incidents of racism, sexism, xenophobia, ableism, LGBTQ discrimination, sexual assault, bullying, and hate crimes as of late.
Making the Most of a Holiday Break with Children Samantha Gray, executive director of the group Attachment Parenting International, said it's important to remind ourselves about how much the holiday break means to children.	What is shame? It is important to set limits on behavior and it is important to instill within our children a sense that there are wise and unwise choices, but how do we do this without also ingraining shame?
How little we really know about the topic of shame Working on the "Parenting Without Shame" issue of Attached Family was unlike any that have come before. I didn't realize, when I began, of how little I knew about shame as a topic.	Can Mindfulness Help Parents and Preteens Have Better Relationships? "These results, while quite preliminary, suggest that simply completing this brief course with their kids changed the parents’ brains and possibly made them more empathetic and able to recognize and regulate their own emotions."

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