Understand your attachment patterns

Understand your attachment patterns

Attachment styles, or patterns, learned in childhood tend to endure into adulthood. They impact every part of our lives ­– our relationships, how we parent, our romantic experiences and the way we interact at work and socially. Understanding your own history and the...
How to be a ‘secure base’ for your child

How to be a ‘secure base’ for your child

This is the 10th part of a series we have titled “Concepts and Skills of Parenting.” It is adapted from the book Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love. To read Part 1 — which provides a look at secure attachment at the start of life — click...