When a father holds his son for the first time, a sense of pride and joy beams from his face. A young boy with an attachment to his dad often has the same look in his eyes. "The relationship a boy ...

Attachment theory posits that early interactions between infants and caregivers shape emotional regulation, social competence and cognitive growth across development. Secure attachment emerges when ...

Welcome back to the second part of my series on disorganized attachment. In the first article, I explored how children with anxious, avoidant, and secure attachment styles each have predictable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents may worry about connecting with a child who is hard to comfort. hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images Children with difficult ...

Growing up in a war zone is linked to differences in how a child’s family environment relates to their brain connectivity, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A secure attachment helps children feel confident and safe as they explore the world. Children with secure attachment are better ...

As children enter middle childhood, they become more independent, but parents are changing, too. Here’s what this developmental transition asks of both.

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 3-year-old ...

Attachment theory has entered the realm of pop psychology, seemingly providing answers to many common problems. The theory, which is one of the most empirically validated within developmental ...

There are many key themes in child development. This blog covers the role of families in child development, looking at parenting as a team around children (“coparenting”) and how it operates in the ...