…With a song or an instrument or the faltering sound of your own voice. With a paintbrush or a crayon or a fountain pen. With a book or a movie,…
…According to Thomas Boyce at the University of California, these ‘orchid’ children are neurobiologically distinct and possess an enhanced receptivity to their environment based on genotypical differences. [i] They are…
…of them likes school. All they feel at the time is the alarm and they are moved to keep close. These are instincts. By nature, instincts are impulsive. As a…
…that coupling, including marriage, is all about attachment first and foremost, with some special kind of exclusiveness about the togetherness. It is when we look at marriage through this lens…
…beginning of time—as we drew on cave walls, danced around fires, shared stories, sang songs, and sculpted clay—adults and children alike have been expressing themselves through the arts. Cultures are…
…instinct to oppose the will of another unless the attachment instincts are fully engaged. Surprisingly, play is the answer to counterwill, too. The instant an activity becomes a game, counterwill…
…it is a plant attached to the soil, fungus attached to a tree, electrons attached to the atomic nucleus, our moon attached to the earth, or humans attached to each…
…– a day without agendas, without “shoulds,” without email, without anything that feels like work… a day for family. This has been one of the hardest things to do and…
…think of a more persuasive way into the material. The construct of empathy reveals the trouble we are in. Children are losing their empathy at an alarming rate according to…
…follow. In collecting a child we seek to get in their face in a friendly way and try and get a smile, a nod, and an overall sense of warmth…