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Secure Base
Attachment, repair and connection: the foundation under everything else.
Secure Base
Daycare and preschool drop-off tears: how to say goodbye so it gets easier
Keep goodbyes short, warm and predictable, never sneak out, and always come back when you said you would. Tears at drop-off are normal, and usually a sign of a strong bond.
Secure Base
What a "secure base" actually looks like on an ordinary Tuesday
Attachment theory sounds academic until you watch a four-year-old at a playground. Here is what Bowlby and Ainsworth meant, translated into a regular weekday.
Secure Base
Repair after conflict: the parenting skill that matters more than getting it right
Every parent yells sometimes. Research on mother-infant "mismatch" suggests the rupture is not the problem. Leaving it unrepaired is.
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