Parents may worry about connecting with a child who is hard to comfort. hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and ...

Our relationships with our parents lay the foundation for our future connections with others, shaping the way we navigate emotional bonds well into adulthood. Attachment expert, author, and therapist ...

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a three-year-old ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

Attachment theory is all about how the way you were raised affects your partnerships as an adult — here's how to tell if you have a secure attachment.

Insecure Attachment in Children of Narcissists Children raised in narcissistic families face a terrible reality. From infancy forward, the people they rely on to meet their dependency needs for ...

Do smartphones promote anxious attachment in parents? Do we become anxious or demanding when we don't hear back from our kids ...

Throughout our lives, the ways we feel loved and secure don’t really change. The very experiences that build a child’s sense of safety and trust are the same ones that keep adult love strong and ...

Children can sometimes develop health, behavioral, and attachment issues that persist when their needs are not met by their ...

The U.S. is in the midst of a baby obesity epidemic. A quarter of our 2 to 5-year-olds are now overweight, according to a study published in JAMA in 2012, and a child’s obesity at age 5 is a strong ...

Broken Arrow counselor Steve Hudgins releases Piece by Piece, guiding families through divorce, remarriage, and blended family challenges.