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Book

Raising securely attached kids : using connection-focused parenting to create confidence, empathy, and resilience

Call Number

  • 649.1 H3434 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2024]

Physical Description

xviii, 269 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Eli Harwood's signature humor and authenticity and makes the science of attachment practical and enjoyable to read with bite-size concepts, scripts, and analogies. Broken down by the main tenets of attachment-focused parenting, each chapter will have how-to nuggets and examples for each developmental stage, making this book perfect for every parent"--

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The most important lesson
  • Connection is the most powerful form of influence
  • They can feel what we don't heal
  • Feelings are for feeling
  • The self-confidence recipe
  • Structure is nurture's best friend
  • Secure conflict
  • Connection as protection
  • The tricky topics
  • When letting go is staying close
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.

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