Nurturing Empathy in Children
Attachment Parenting Goes Beyond Infancy
Babies and children require empathy and respect for their feelings to help them learn to feel safe and secure.
- Respond With Sensitivity - One of API's Eight Principles of Parenting
- API Speaks (blog) reviews Feeleez, an empathy game for children
- Discuss ways to nurture empathy in your children on the API Forums
Member Resources
One of the many benefits of API Membership is access to the members-only site, The Attached Family. The following articles on Adoption and Foster Care can be found in the password-protected section of The Attached Family website. Login instructions are available on the online magazine's homepage.
- Being There For Our Children and Others Through Empathic Parenting
- Teaching Empathy Through Gentle Discipline
- AP and the Growing Child
- The Long-Term Effects of Bullying on the Bully, the Victim, and the Bystander
- Secure Attachment During Preschool Years Predicts Healthier Peer Attachments
