When people compare Asian parenting styles with Western styles of parenting, they may erroneously think it’s one simply of culture. While culture plays a significant role, one must look deeper by ...

Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply, attachment ...

Attachment parenting (which I will refer to as AP) has a solid theoretical basis in one of the most widely-accepted theories of personality -social development in all of psychology, the attachment ...

A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood ...

Cycle-breaking, attachment, and cause-and-effect parenting are some of the top parenting styles now on the rise for America’s youngest kids, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents of ...

Dr. Shannon Curry, clinical psychologist and director of the Curry Psychology Group in Orange County, California, expanded on the basis for Bowlby’s attachment theory. “Bowlby recognized a pattern of ...

From fear of vulnerability to an overwhelming need for reassurance, our attachment styles often stem from the ways we were cared for as children. Understanding these patterns, where they come from and ...

Attachment theory is a tremendous field of research that is fascinating to read about. For our purposes, I will sum it up very quickly: The way our parent/primary caregiver interacts with us when we ...

Attachment theory is one of the ways we can analyze how we function in our closets relationships and understand why we behave the way we do. Laura Mucha is the author of Love Understood. “Humans are ...

Sometimes, you’re your own worst enemy. The tricky part is that you often don’t recognize it. Self-sabotage can get in the way of your goals and best intentions, and it frequently stems from ...