Deployment Diary: Who Are You Calling Dependent?
The term “military dependent” is no longer used in polite military society, replaced not so long ago by the far more PC “family member”.
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.
The First Connection
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Dr. Lane Strathearn describes the enduring nature of the mother-child bond and how that sets the stage for a lifetime of social connections.
Career and friendship
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Actor John Leguizamo shares a personal story about how success altered his priorities and threatened his friendships.
The Tap Code
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Bob Shumaker, a former POW in Vietnam, describes how he and his fellow prisoners developed a social network that was crucial to their surviving three years in solitary confinement. They succeeded by creating a tap code that allowed them to communicate through their cell walls.
The Experience of Touch and the Development of Self
Skin is the largest sense organ that humans possess (Brennan & Loev, 1998).
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.
The Pursuit of Happiness: Your Inalienable Right
Happiness is neither a simple goal nor a place we try to find. It is a way of living your life.
Choosing Friends
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Elizabeth Gilbert talks about how she chooses her friends and the value of those special relationships.