Cooking, Games, Reading & Exercise to Fit Busy Schedules Author Pam Leo recommends a minimum of ten minutes of one-on-one connection time each day for parents and children. The plan that time each day with a simple activity. Ten minutes of connection time with each child every day doesn’t seem like a lot. But, when … Read more
School-aged children have outgrown the typical basics of attachment parenting. How can a parent stay attached past the preschool years? For the parents of infants and toddlers, attachment parenting is easy to define. Breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and babywearing are straightforward ways to create strong parent and child attachment. Once children are school-age they have outgrown these … Read more
Safe Bed Sharing Enables Breastfeeding & Attachment Co-sleeping is an important part of attachment parenting. However, a family bed is not for everyone. There are two sides to the co-sleeping issue. The benefits of safe co-sleeping help form healthy, attached parent/child relationships. Yet, for some families, co-sleeping can prove inconvenient and even dangerous. The Benefits … Read more
An Attachment Parenting Guide In this 2004 book, Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D. discuss the importance of parental attachment and influence and the dangers of peer orientation. Ensuring that children are surrounded by their peers has been standard practice in the modern world. There are many opportunities for this to happen, starting with the youngest … Read more
Author Pam Leo’s Guide on How to Parent through Connection and Love In her 2005 parenting book, Pam Leo teaches us the importance of connecting with our children and offers some practical advice on how to build this connection. Is it possible to parent without coercion and fear? Pam Leo thinks so. Treating children with … Read more
Reactive Attachment Disorder Family Bonding with your Reactive Attachment Child is difficult but possible following bonding techniques, keeping a structured environment, and if necessary with RAD therapy. Love alone will not help you bond with your RAD child. But with patience, acceptance, love, RAD parenting skills and RAD therapy bonding can take place. Keys to … Read more
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Tips Parenting a Reactive Attachment Disorder child, who has not learned to trust, is difficult. Without trust, there is no respect, honesty, or real affection. Lectures, warnings, hollering, bribes, second chances, and reminders do NOT work. You are wasting your time and breath. Your child knows the rules he or she … Read more
RAD Signs, Symptoms & Causes Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) children are often described as angry, lying, uncaring, and violent children. The signs and symptoms are as varied as the causes. What is Reactive Attachment Disorder? Reactive Attachment Disorder is a condition where individuals have difficulty forming loving, lasting intimate relationships. They do not trust anyone … Read more
Why Breastfeeding, Baby Wearing & Co-Sleeping are Misunderstood Attachment parenting is a parenting philosophy that is soaring in popularity. Still, there are many traditional or mainstream parents who do not understand the movement. Most people are familiar with the key components of attachment parenting; breastfeeding, babywearing and co-sleeping. It is no longer unusual to see … Read more