Tag Archives: attachment

By Sophie Musgrave, Youthrive Occupational Therapist What is parent-child attachment? Being a parent is often coined the hardest job on the planet. One of the most difficult tasks of a parent is understanding how to respond to your child’s emotion…. Continue Reading >

by Elizabeth Ryan    Continuing on from the first part of this article, which detailed positive and secure styles of attachment, the following are three forms of insecure attachment. Anxious-preoccupied Toddlers with anxious-preoccupied attachment tend to become upset when their… Continue Reading >

by Elizabeth Ryan    Attachment is possibly the most important issue for a baby’s healthy development.  It starts with the emotional bond or relationship between the main caregiver (referred to below as “mother”) and baby. Being baby’s first relationship experience,… Continue Reading >

When everything is uncertain. Everything that is important becomes clear. The last 2 years have been unprecedented.  There has been devastation on a global scale. Loss of lives. Loss of jobs. Loss of businesses. The world and people’s lives have… Continue Reading >

By Kasey Lloyd, Youthrive Psychologist   Why do some children find it easy to converse with family friends, professionals, and strangers while others struggle to whisper ‘hello’? Some researchers suggest we are born with different temperaments, while others suggest that… Continue Reading >

What social psychology can teach us about how to deal with bullying. We all have days when people are not particularly nice to us but bullying is a whole new level of mean that can leave people feeling completely disempowered…. Continue Reading >