Attachment parenting puts the emphasis on bonding with your child, and parents who practice it are focused on making an ...

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 ...

In the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, orphanages and foundling homes had shockingly high mortality rates. For example, the Dusseldorf nursery—a well funded, clean, and 'scientific' ...

Few parenting topics spark as much debate as the "cry it out" method. While some experts warn it causes psychological harm, a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry argues it does not ...

What really matters in caring for babies may be different than commonly thought, says Lehigh University researcher Susan S. Woodhouse, an expert on infant attachment. In new research, she finds that ...

MPR News guest host Kelly Gordon and early childhood education reporter Kyra Miles talk with a developmental psychologist about how to create parent-child attachment and how to know if we’re getting ...

For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels of hormones related to mother-infant attachment (oxytocin) and stress (cortisol) - ...