Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (creator of @attachmentnerd) illuminates what attachment theory research teaches us about how to create a secure emotional bond with our children--for a close, fulfilling parent-child relationship that lasts a lifetime. How do you raise confident, resilient, and empathetic children so they become adults with a secure attachment style?
Most parenting books are focused on changing or controlling unwanted behaviors, but they don't address how to create the first ingredient needed: a trusting and connected relationship. When children feel seen, heard, and supported, all the other parenting tips and tricks start to work.
Author Eli Harwood shares what attachment theory--the science that explores the innate human need to bond with other humans--says about helping our children learn, grow, and thrive. Through making complex attachment research accessible, she provides a practical road map for the only parenting approach proven to have lasting positive impact. When you parent with connection in mind, trust and a safe emotional bond develops, which is key to help kids self-regulate, according to the most advanced relationship science today, attachment theory research.
Unlike anything else out there, this is an essential, science-based guide for parents of kids across the age spectrum includes strategies and practice scripts for navigating emotional outbursts and tricky topics, Nerd Alert sections to help explain the science, and stories from author Eli Harwood's own connection-focused parenting journey.
Find out how attachment theory research will update and upgrade other parenting approaches, and make parenting for a lifetime of connection actually fun.
Synopsis
Create a secure emotional bond with your children--for a close, fulfilling parent-child relationship that lasts a lifetime. Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (@attachmentnerd) illuminates attachment theory for the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact.
How do you raise confident, resilient, and empathetic children so they become adults with a secure attachment style?
The first ingredient needed is a trusting and connected relationship. When children feel seen, heard, and supported, all the other parenting tips and tricks start to work.
In this essential guide for parents across the age spectrum, author Eli Harwood shares what attachment theory--the science that explores the innate human need to bond with other humans--says about helping our children learn, grow, and thrive. Through making complex attachment research accessible, she provides a practical road map to the only parenting approach proven to have lasting positive impact.
When you parent with connection in mind, trust and a safe emotional bond develops, which is key to help kids self-regulate according to the most advanced relationship science today. This book includes strategies and practice scripts for navigating tricky terrain, Nerd Alert sections to help explain the science, and personal stories of scenes from connection-focused parenting.
Most parenting books are focused on changing unwanted behaviors, but this book is unlike anything else out there: it'll update and upgrade other parenting approaches to make parenting for a lifetime of connection actually fun.
Synopsis
Create a lifetime of connection with your children. Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (a.k.a. Attachment Nerd) illuminates attachment theory as foundational to the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact.
How do you raise kids who are confident, capable, and caring?
The first ingredient is a secure and close relationship--key to helping them self-regulate and thrive later in life. When children feel seen, heard, and supported, all other parenting tips and tricks start to work.
Groundbreaking author Eli Harwood makes attachment theory (the science that explores the innate human need to bond with other humans) accessible and actionable in how it can help our children learn and grow into compassionate, warm adults.
For anyone looking to build a better life for their kids, no matter what you went through growing up yourself, these simple, real-life strategies will help you:
- Help your kids learn how to regulate their emotions
- Avoid parenting techniques that backfire in the long run
- Gain effective skills for repairing conflict and disconnection
Hopeful and inspiring, this essential evidence-based guide for parents across different ages and stages will bring transformative change to your relationships of all stripes.
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"A comprehensive road map for parents who want to raise securely attached, emotionally healthy children. A parenting must-read." --Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions______
Learn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your children through connection-focused parenting.
Though there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, Raising Securely Attached Kids is the first book to reframe the subject for caregivers and children, and brings transformative change to your relationships of all stripes.
Therapist and wildly popular attachment research expert Eli Harwood (@attachmentnerd) illuminates the science that explores our innate human need to bond with other humans, and helps us harness it as the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact. Her loyal following--fast approaching the millions--connects to Eli's accessible approach that helps everyone form secure and close relationships with their kids, which helps them develop resilience, confidence, and form close relationships in the future.
Hopeful and inspiring, this essential evidence-based guide shows parents, educators, and anyone with children in their lives that they are not alone in the questions and concerns they may have about raising confident, capable, and caring kids.
Covering every parenting era from newborns to adults, Raising Securely Attached Kids' simple, real-life strategies will help you:
- Move past old patterns from your childhood to become the parent or caregiver you yearn to be--no matter what you went through growing up
- Resolve past attachment traumas so you can offer a calm, connected, and secure base
- Create a secure attachment relationship with your kids by choosing connection over control
- Build and reinforce a strong foundation of trust with scripts and practical tools
- Understand that it's never too late to create a stronger bond with your children
Synopsis
*Winner of the Child Psychology Award for Literary Excellence* "A comprehensive roadmap for parents who want to raise securely attached, emotionally healthy children. A parenting must-read." --Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
"Eli Harwood teaches the essentials of attachment, which can help parents 'show up' in ways that enable our children to become securely attached to us." --Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child
Learn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your children through connection-focused parenting.
Though there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, Raising Securely Attached Kids is the first book to reframe the subject for caregivers and children.
Licensed therapist and highly sought-after attachment research expert Eli Harwood illuminates the science that explores our innate human need to bond with other humans, and helps us harness it as the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact. Her loyal following--fast approaching the millions--connects to Eli's accessible approach that helps everyone form secure and close relationships with their kids, which helps them develop resilience, confidence, and form close relationships in the future.
"Eli Harwood brings infectious-fun energy, vulnerability, and fresh perspectives without shaming or blaming. Not only is Raising Securely Attached Kids a practical and actionable guide, it's grounded in science and entertaining to read." --Hilary Swank, actress, storyteller, mom of twins
Hopeful and inspiring, this essential evidence-based guide shows parents, educators, and anyone with children in their lives that they are not alone in the questions and concerns they may have about raising confident, capable, and caring kids.
Covering every parenting era from newborns to adults, Raising Securely Attached Kids teaches simple, real-life strategies that will help you:
- Move past old patterns from your childhood to become the parent or caregiver you yearn to be--no matter what you went through growing up
- Resolve past attachment traumas so you can offer a calm, connected, and secure base
- Create a secure attachment relationship with your kids by choosing connection over control
- Build and reinforce a strong foundation of trust with scripts and practical tools
- Understand that it's never too late to create a stronger bond with your children