Connecting with Your Kids at Any Age
Attachment research tends to focus on birth-18 months, but you can bond with your kids at any age.
Tennis Friends
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John McEnroe talks about the difficulty of maintaining friendships.
Lessons From My Father
“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” --Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet
The Birth of Attachment Theory
John Bowlby began his clinical observations of attachment behavior in the 1960s while working in a home for maladjusted boys.
Love’s Antechamber
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Elizabeth Gilbert describes infatuation as "love’s antechamber, a place where you wait to see if you will proceed onto love".
Your Friends’ Friends Can Make You Happy
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Dr. Nicholas Christakis, who studies the mathematical, social, and genetic determinants of social network structure, explains how happiness flows one person to another.
Jason
Jason is a twenty-nine year old man with Asperger’s Syndrome from Rockland County, NY. Asperger’s Syndrome is part of the Autism Spectrum of Disorders and is a pervasive developmental disorder that affects the senses, motor skills, social skills and language. Jason was diagnosed relatively late in life and has endured a great deal of emotional pain due to his lack of social skills. He was also misdiagnosed with various conditions in his childhood, including schizophrenia and ADHD, and was given medication which caused horrible...
Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment
Last week my blog post explored the historical underpinnings of attachment theory.
The Loneliness Alarm
Dr. John Cacioppo, who studies loneliness and social isolation, explains that loneliness is connected to mental and physical disorders.
When Chevy Met Jayni
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Actor Chevy Chase and his wife Jayni share their story of how they met and fell in love.