Provides an explanation of attachment theory and includes advice on how parents can encourage positive emotions and regulating negative states to raise secure, confident, and healthy children.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223).

Attachment matters -- What's behind the face -- Crossing into a new ocean : pregnancy, birth, and the newborn -- We're still breathing! the two- month-old -- There is someone in there! the four- month-old setting the -- Scene : China need for predictable interactions -- Knowing the clan : the six-month-old setting the scene : Corey and his young mother -- There's a stranger amongst us! the nine-month-old -- Free at last : the twelve-month-old setting the scene -- I think, therefore I am: the eighteen- month-old -- Setting the scene -- Where did he hear that word? : the two-year-old setting the scene -- Shifting to the left : the three- year-old setting the scene -- I can do it myself : the four-year-old setting the scene -- Baby on the go child care research.

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