Join host Susan Stiffelman, MFT – parenting expert, educator, therapist and author – for these inspiring and engaging dialogues with world-renowned thought-leaders.
Respond with Sensitivity
Build the foundation of trust and empathy beginning in infancy. Tune in to what your child is communicating to you, then respond consistently and appropriately. Babies cannot be expected to self-soothe, they need calm, loving, empathetic parents to help them learn to regulate their emotions. Respond sensitively to a child who is hurting or expressing strong emotion, and share in their joy.
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There may not be too many in the older generations who would identify their parenting approach as Attachment Parenting necessarily, but this approach to parenting is basically being a nurturing parent. |
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Parents do a lot more than make sure a child has food and shelter, researchers say. They play a critical role in brain development. |
U.S. teenagers report feeling more stressed-out than adults do, with school being a main cause, according to a new survey for the American Psychological Assocation. |
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A key brain structure that regulates emotions works differently in preschoolers with depression compared with their healthy peers, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
A new study co-authored by Boston University Assistant Professor of Psychology Peter Blake finds that young children endorse fairness norms related to sharing, but often act in contradiction to those norms when given a chance to share. |
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Raising a 'goal-digger' requires three things: Time, attention and listening. We can give children too many things, but we can never give them too much love. When we give them too many things too easily, they become gold-diggers. |
Drawn from many AP theories and the work of Dr. Laura Markham, Amy Wright Glenn produced a 13-minute webinar on responding to tantrums. |
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"In the UK, it was understood that babies cry. In Kenya, it was quite the opposite. The understanding is that babies don’t cry. If they do – something is horribly wrong and something must be done to rectify it immediately. |
Most parents want their children to develop into healthy, competent individuals, and they will do almost anything to ensure the success of their offspring. |
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