Tag Archives: resilience

Preparing your child for their first day of school

This is another brief post from the Secure Start Facebook post, which I considered might be of interest to followers here. At the request of one of our regular visitors to this page, I am going to share some thoughts … Continue reading

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Getting ready for back to school

OK, so there is just under two weeks until the new school year and a common assertion to be heard from parents at this time is “my child is ready to go back to school”. A similar assertion is “I … Continue reading

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Oral stimulation facilitates feelings of wellbeing

This is another of my posts on the Secure Start Facebook page. Let me know what you think! From the earliest hours of life, infants experience feelings of emotional wellbeing in association with suckling. As a result, a powerful association … Continue reading

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The Library Book Series

Dear visitors to, and followers of, this site. The Library Book now has a new home: http://thelibrarybookblog.wordpress.com/ It would be a source of validation to The Library Book if you would come across and visit, like and comment. Thank you in anticipation.

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More than positive thinking and a resilient mindset

A child’s resilience requires more than just a “resilient mindset” or “positive thinking”. It requires deeply-held and profound beliefs, formed during infancy and early childhood, that they are a good and capable and deserving person, that adults in a care … Continue reading

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Compendiums of Attachment-Informed Articles

Dear Visitors to this Site, I have recently collated a number of blog posts into two “compendiums”, which appear in Menu’s on the right hand side of this site. One compendium includes articles relating to the care, management and treatment … Continue reading

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Eyes are mirrors for a child’s soul

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The importance of empathy

This is a reproduction of blog post I wrote approximately two years ago, so it is buried a bit in this site. Thought I would re-post under a new title because the message has been well received and, in my … Continue reading

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Shit of a kid

This shit of a kid has been married for more than twenty years. This shit of a kid has three happy, healthy, confident children. This shit of a kid was the first member of his paternal family in living memory to attend university. This shit of … Continue reading

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Locus of control and youth suicide

In this, the last post for a little while about my historical publications concerning youth suicide and mental health, I want to introduce you to the following paper: Pearce, C.M., & Martin, G. (1993). Locus of Control as an Indicator of … Continue reading

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