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Attachment Disorder

An Adoptive Father Thinking About Moses

Aaron Taylor | Posted 01.06.2013 | Religion
Read More: Brain Development, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Moses, Attachment Disorder, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Adoption, Religion News
Aaron Taylor

You know all those stories you hear about internationally adopted children instantly bonding with their new families? That wasn't the case with us. Instead, it was instant shock and horror.

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Love More By Caring... Less

Posted 11.16.2012 | OWN
Read More: Attachment Bond, Healthy Relationships, Controlling Behavior, Healthy Boundaries, Control Freak, Own-Relationships, Attachment Issues, Attachment Disorder, Being Controlling, Control Freaks, Love More Care Less, Attachment Theory, OWN News

By Martha Beck How do you get your nearest and dearest to change their behavior? Simple: Stop giving a damn what they do, says Martha Beck. ...

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When Kids Kill: A Tragic Failure of Attachment

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Murder, Attachment, Divorce, Children, Neurobiology, Attachment Disorder, Narcissism, Violence, Verbal First Aid, Sociopaths, Parenting, Development, Motivation, Rage, Healthy Living News
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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Childhood Attachment, PBS' This Emotional Life, Children, Mother's Day, Attachment Disorder, Childhood Attachment Disorder, Early Childhood Attachment, Babies, Mother's Day 2010, Attachment Theory, Attachment in Childhood, Healthy Living News
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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Childhood Attachment, PBS' This Emotional Life, Children, Mother's Day, Attachment Disorder, Childhood Attachment Disorder, Babies, Early Childhood Attachment, Attachment Theory, Attachment in Childhood, Family, Healthy Living News
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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Childhood Attachment, PBS' This Emotional Life, Mother's Day, Children, Attachment Disorder, Childhood Attachment Disorder, Early Childhood Attachment, Babies, Attachment in Childhood, Attachment Theory, Healthy Living News
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 | Books
Read More: The Irresistable Henry House, Parenting Tips, Parenting Advice, Attachment Disorder, Books News
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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