Last week, I shared how we have been reflecting on the school year (especially the last few unexpected months) to see what we can celebrate, enjoy and …
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The Community That Creates Trust
Last week we looked at our trustworthiness and how this important quality comes down to our ability to live in relational mode. I know this sounds …
How do We Know When to Trust?
Trust. That word has a lot of depth to it. Is trust easy for you? Do you find yourself trusting the wrong people? Do you have trouble trusting the …
Raising a Child Who Can be Trusted
In Dr. Jim Wilder’s series on attachment parenting, he raised the important, difficult (and sensitive) question, can my child be trusted? Yikes! That …
Attachment Parenting Part 3: Attachment Alone Does Not Produce Trustworthy Children by Jim Wilder
In some ways, the bane of attachment parenting shows up when a parent is trying to get close and empathize with a child who cannot be trusted when the …
Attachment Parenting Part 2: Twelve Ways to Build Attachments by Jim Wilder
Attachment parenting has picked up what Bowlby discovered about attachment – creatures that attach get close to one another. Bowlby called this …
Developing Code Words
The other day my husband Chris innocently walked into the room with a request. I am normally delighted to see my husband, and I frequently like to …
