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Oct 9, 20181 min read
Dr Karen Treisman on the importance of relationships
In her 2017 TEDx talk, Dr Treisman talks about the importance of forging good, healthy relationships and society-wide systems when it...
Jul 9, 20181 min read
Intentions
“Some of the most important things you can communicate to a child are that feelings are ok, mistakes are fixable and there’s nothing they...
Jul 7, 20181 min read
Instead of fighting
“If you manipulate, coerce and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example...
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Children will become what they are told they are
We must come up with community responses that support violent children in developing their self regulation - even if one-to-one were...
Jul 4, 20181 min read
Biologically essential
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Healing will require a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Easy to say
“It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need &...
Jun 25, 20181 min read
We don't have to do it alone
“A person can grow to his or her fullest capacity only in mutually caring relationships with others." - Fred Rogers #Development...
Jun 21, 20181 min read
Relationships are the agents of change
“You can influence & you can make a positive change in a child’s life - & in an adult’s life - all the way through because of the...
Jun 12, 20181 min read
Repair relationships
Just spotted this great quote from from Dave Melnick via the Ana Grace Project at the NM Symposium 2018 #DaveMelnick #Relationships...
Jun 3, 20181 min read
Human relationships
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” - Bruce D Perry #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...
May 27, 20181 min read
Exactly as we are
Love grows brains... #FredRogers #Development #Relationships #RelationalRepair #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection
May 20, 20181 min read
There’s Power in Love
What makes children get better from a trauma is connection to other human beings.... those kinds of interactions end up being much more...
May 19, 20181 min read
Relational Trauma requires Relational Repair
"What happened to you? Who are you? What is your story? What kaleidoscope do you see the world through? We need to see the person behind...
May 14, 20181 min read
Supportive, Caring Adults
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
May 12, 20181 min read
“You are not alone”
“Telling a child in fight or flight that ‘you’re not alone’ is the same message we gave the child in infancy, and what is truly...
May 9, 20181 min read
At Least One
#UrieBronfenbrenner #Relationships #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BeTheOne
May 8, 20181 min read
TIME
#ZigZiglar #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Relationships #Development
May 8, 20181 min read
Building Resilience
“Families play a very important role but nobody raises a child in isolation... teachers, coaches, other adults in the community... help...
May 4, 20181 min read
Recognition and Appreciation
Love grows brains. #LRKnost #WordsMatter #Development #Connectedness #Relationships #ConnectedChildRaising
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