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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...
Oct 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 9, 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 7, 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 5, 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....
Jul 4, 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 26, 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 25, 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 21, 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 12, 20181 min read


Human relationships
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” - Bruce D Perry #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...
Jun 3, 20181 min read


Exactly as we are
Love grows brains... #FredRogers #Development #Relationships #RelationalRepair #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection
May 27, 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 20, 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 19, 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 14, 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 12, 20181 min read


At Least One
#UrieBronfenbrenner #Relationships #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BeTheOne
May 9, 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 8, 20181 min read


Recognition and Appreciation
Love grows brains. #LRKnost #WordsMatter #Development #Connectedness #Relationships #ConnectedChildRaising
May 4, 20181 min read
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