The Growing Years: Social Development and Attachment
From the moment of birth, children are social creatures. Infants in all cultures develop an intense bond with their caregivers, a bond researchers call attachment. The experiences children have in the first years of life shape their sense of themsel...
The Growing Years: Developing a Sense of Self
By the end of childhood, most children have developed a sense of themselves as individuals, unique and apart from others they know and see. Although the general consensus of researchers is that this sense does not emerge before the age of two, Karen...
The Growing Years: Does Daycare Impair Attachment?
For many children today childcare and preschool begin at an early age. A National Institute of Child Health and Human Development study shows that most children do well in daycare as long as the quality of childcare is good to excellent. They do not...
Getting It Together: Humanistic Therapy
Humanistic therapists combine active listening with a therapeutic environment that is genuine, accepting, and empathetic. Such unconditional positive regard, Carl Rogers believed, facilitates healing and personal growth. The therapist serves as a co...