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How to Help Teenage Girls Reframe Anxiety and Strengthen Resilience "According to Damour, the most powerful force for good in a teenager’s life is a “caring, working relationship with at least one loving adult.” Within that context, adults can offer teenagers empathy, grounded perspective and a vote of confidence as	How Attachment Parenting Helps Raise Resilient Children "It often seems like society gives us two options: we either raise them to be tough and ‘take no prisoners’ or to constantly ‘turn the other cheek’ and let them become the bullied of every situation.
Nurture “We are not the survival of the fittest, we are the survival of the nurtured.” - Louis Cozolino	12 Ways to Raise a Confident Child From Dr. Sears: "Self-esteem is your child’s passport to a lifetime of mental health and social happiness. It’s the foundation of a child’s well-being and the key to success as an adult. At all ages, how you feel about yourself affects how you act.
API, Ambassador for U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children API is pleased to be an Ambassador with the U.S.	How to Foster Empathy in Children "How, then, can a healthy degree of empathy be instilled in a child? “Empathy is a mutable trait, it can be taught,” Dr. Riess told me.
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.	The sweetness of Attachment Parenting Have you ever tried to explain to someone what attachment parenting is?
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.	Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Development "Parents really matter. In this study, children who had engaged interested parents, ones who had ambitions for their future, were more likely to escape from a difficult start.

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