by Jessica Smock, Ed.D.
I had a brief flirtation with the idea of "attachment parenting" before my son was born. But now I'm not sure what I am. During pregnancy I was intrigued by several components of what I understood …
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Are you a helicopter parent, attachment parent, or intensive parent, and why does it matter? This is the introductory post to my new series, Experts Unplugged. In this series, I will explore …
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Before my son was born, I had a lot of plans for how I was going to parent. I read lots of books and made assessments based on what I observed from my friends' parenting challenges. I thought that I …
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Are we raising kids to be more aggressive, anxious, and depressed because we use strollers and carriers, don't breastfeed exclusively, and sleep train? At a symposium at Notre Dame, researchers …
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