Attachment Disorder

When Kids Kill: A Tragic Failure of Attachment

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

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Judith Acosta

What is the explanation for kids who kill? For the kids who fail to internalize social norms? For the kids who grow into narcissists or psychopaths? Are they just born defective through some blameless anomaly?

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PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Challenge of Early Attachment

Julianne Idleman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Julianne Idleman

in order for the attachments to develop smoothly in a new family, there is one key element that predicts relative success--the parent's understanding of their own relationship history.

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PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Invisible String of Attachment

Katherine Stone | Posted 11.17.2011

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Katherine Stone

You don't need any special gear or to be attached at the hip 24-7 to create a bond. I think instead you need to spend time with them, to get to know them intimately, and to meet them where they are.

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PBS's 'This Emotional Life': A for Attachment

Meredith L. Blake | Posted 11.17.2011

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Meredith L. Blake

When our parents respond to us in consistent, sensitive and loving ways, we form secure attachments with them, and this gives us the confidence to learn, grow and thrive.

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Don't Date This Guy!

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jon LaPook

From the 1920s until the end of the 1960s, college home economic classes around the country borrowed infants from orphanages to be used as "practice babies." I kid you not.

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