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3 tips for connection in the summertime API Leader and mother of 3, Kelly Shealer shares 3 tips to strengthen connection with our children over the summer on API's blog.	Editor's pick: Raising compassionate kids in a violent world In this week’s Editor’s Pick on APtly Said, we are featuring resources from the National Association of School Psychologists that offer guidelines for dealing with the difficult subject of children and violence -- in particular, war and terrorism... read more
Being a Daddy I always wanted to be a Daddy...I just never knew how much it would change me. Father of 2, Teja McDaniel shares on API's blog about what becoming a Daddy has been like for him.	Transformation of being a father Sometimes I start thinking about the man I used to be before having kids, and I always get so amazed at how much I have changed during this short period of time.
How has being a dad changed me? I come from a story, as we all do. Some of it is real, some imagined or interpreted, and part of it remains a mystery as well. Never did I imagine in examining my own story that I would so deeply relish the experience of being a dad.	Poor Parenting Can Be Passed From Generation to Generation: Study "They found that the more adverse childhood experiences a person had, the more likely their children were to be troubled, too.
Atlas of Emotions - Interactive "This Atlas was created to increase understanding of how emotions influence our lives, giving us choice, (at least some of the time) about which emotion we are experiencing, and how our emotions influence what we say and do.	Teen Girls Tend to Choose Male Friends High in Empathy "Boys with strong empathy skills attracted an average of 1.8 more girl friendships than boys with lower levels of empathy, according to a landmark study by the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University.
Why the warning 'wait til your father gets home' can backfire "The study was carried out by researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah, and concluded that as shouting by fathers was louder and more forceful, it would be associated more with anger.	Editor's Pick: Emotional abuse, a dark form of children's maltreatment In this week's Editor's pick, API is shedding light on a form of maltreatment of children that is often kept in the dark: emotional abuse.

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