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What Makes Emotional Trauma? Fear, Disconnect & Shame Among the strong emotions we feel, shame is among the most painful. It is a feeling that one, as an individual, is not "good enough." Here to shed more light on emotional trauma -- how it happens and how to heal -- is Dr. Daniela F.	Nurturing parenting is an essential basic need of all children How do you feel it was like for your great-grandmother to be admonished for instinctively loving her child, only to be told that her instinct is exactly what would damage that child?
Core beliefs color your parenting Whether you have negative or positive core beliefs, the thoughts that come from these will transmit to how you feel and respond to your child's behavior.	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.	What is positive discipline, and why is it important? From the Attachment Parenting perspective, positive discipline embodies the “golden rule” of parenting -- in other words, treat children the way you would want to be treated if you were the child. Here's how.
Attached Family: Parenting Without Shame	4 tips for cultivating a “yes environment” Children hear the word "no" about 400 times a day. Being told "no" constantly doesn’t feel good and often times can be frustrating.
Thankful kids It’s this time of year -- Thanksgiving holiday -- when we pause and take a moment to reflect on all that we are grateful for.	Is human nature inherently good or bad? And does this predict what type of parent you will be? Are humans good or bad? This question continues to fascinate us. When Dr.

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