Title: Attachment Parenting: Developing Connections and Healing Children

Author: Becker-Weidman, A. & Shell, D.

Year: 2010
Publisher: Jason Aronson Publishers Inc.
City: Lanham, Maryland
Country: USA

ISBN: 978-0765707543
Type: hardback
ISBN pages: 293

ISBN: 978-0765707550
Type: paperback
ISBN pages: 293

Arthur Becker-Weidman and Deborah Shell follow up their previous book, 'Creating Capacity for Attachment' with this new book that focuses on parenting based on attachment theory. 'Attachment Parenting' was specifically written for parents interested in parenting and stems from Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy – a type of psychotherapy that focuses on treating trauma-attachment problems among children. In this technique, a stress on genuine empathy from the parent helps children create a “secure-base” in which they can feel safe, secure, and loved. Furthermore, the authors emphasize the importance of developing an environment which Daniel Hughes, PhD refers to as PLACE (Playful, Loving, Accepting, Curious, and Empathic) (see entry #s: 4115 & 4114). This is especially important for adopted and foster children who have become distant from their adoptive and foster parents due to the abandonment they faced from their biological parents.
(Courtney Shen, New York University)

Author's institution: Center for Family Development (Arthur Becker-Weidman); Johnson State College (Deborah Shell)
Contact:
Language: English
Country origin: USA

Entry number: 4116
English version:

Entry source: USABP Keeping in Touch Newsletter Issue 44
Entered by: Tanice Prince
Entry date: 20 April 2011

Key Phrases: Attachment, Parenting
References: References & Index
Other information: There is also a Kindle edition