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Loving Uniquely: Volume 15, Issue 3, The Attached Family, 2013

The Attached Family 2013 Loving Uniquely Issue is about loving each of our children as individuals with unique character traits.

Attachment Parenting is about loving each of our children as individuals with unique character traits. But this can be difficult to do in a culture that increasingly blames behavior on disorders and difficult temperament.

"Difficult" and "different" are not synonymous with "disordered"...

In this issue of Attached Family, we delve into temperament and how it intersects with parenting and the development of attachment style, and we challenge the notion that every hard-to-handle child needs a diagnosis.

Enjoy these features:

What is a Spirited Child? with Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, author of Raising Your Spirited Child

The Orchid Child -- API's Sheena Sommers looks at the research behind genetic susceptibility

Differences, Not Disorders with Dr. Barbara Probst, author of When the Labels Don't Fit

The New Gender Gap -- Drs. Betsy Gunzelman and Diane Connell discuss how boys are falling behind in our society

Avoiding a Meltdown -- API's Leyani Redditi reminds parents of the most overlooked causes of tantrums

Plus:

API's Art Yuen reviews the research at the intersection of Attachment Parenting and infant temperament

Father of child temperament, Dr. Jerome Kagan, weighs in

AP Canada's Judy Arnall offers a quiz to parents who determining whether your child of any age is spirited

API Leaders discuss how to handle a violent tantrum and the toddler who wants to touch everything

Quick tips on dealing with public tantrums

API's Lisa Lord shares her personal story on raising a challenging child

API's Rita Brhel offers insight to food texture issues

Results of API's Reader Poll on child spiritedness

Additional resources from around the 'Net on loving our children uniquely

And more from API:

How you can make a difference in this world, through API

What's new in the new edition of API cofounders' book, Attached at the Heart

Thanks, API volunteers!

API Local Support Group Directory

API Professional Associates Directory

API Position Paper on Marriage, parenting and child behavior

API's Patricia Mackie on making couple time a priority

API's Stephanie Petters book review on Getting the Love You Want

API Giveaway -- entries due Dec. 10, 2013