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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

The friends you made before you learned to perform are the ones who feel like home. Not because they're better people, but because they met you before you built the version of yourself that everyone else knows. - Silicon Canals

Childhood friendships feel uniquely comfortable because those friends remember your authentic self before you learned to manage impressions and curate your identity.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

This Conversation Is the Best Valentine to Give Your Kids

There are dramatic proposals on airplanes happening just in the nick of time, and love that blossoms in the face of terminal illness, and seemingly impossible relationships thriving against all odds. But while I enjoy a good love story as much as the next mom, my work as a pediatric emergency medicine physician informs my perspective on the myriad ways romantic relationships have the potential to cause young people harm.
Parenting
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
4 months ago

This Is How Childhood Relationships Affect Your Adult Attachment Style

We come into the world screaming and vulnerableentirely dependent on adult caregivers to keep us safe and teach us how to connect with others. The nature of these earliest relationships influences how we behave towards others and see the world long after we've grownbut in more complex and nuanced ways than researchers previously thought, according to the results of a large, decades-long study examining how the quality of children's interactions with parents and close peers went on to influence their relationships in adulthood.
Relationships
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