What To Do With a Negative Group Experience?

October 27, 2012

Have you had a negative group experience?  Write down what you wish had happened differently and make a plan to seek out a different group with these characteristics if you haven’t already. Check out the 2012 Photo Event.  It is a great way to get involved and show your support for API. Do you live in […]

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Does Your Pediatrician Recommend Groups?

October 26, 2012

This statement recommends opportunities for pediatric physicians to develop their expertise in assessing the strengths and stresses in families, in counseling families about strategies and resources, and in collaborating with others in their communities to support family relationships. (The Pediatrician’s Role in Family Support and Family Support Programs. )  What groups does your Pediatrician recommend? […]

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Support Increases Attachment Security

October 25, 2012

The adequacy of the mother’s social support is clearly and consistently associated with the security of the infant-mother attachment. (Crockenberg 1981) Check out the 2012 Photo Event.  It is a great way to get involved and show your support for API. Do you live in the Downriver, MI area?  See what the group does! Babywearing Group […]

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Social Support Does Help

October 24, 2012

Evidence links the adequacy of social support to amelioration of developmental crises and to the attenuation of stress effects (Gottlieb) including the stressful life event of childbirth.  It is reasonable, then, to propose that availability of social support will facilitate responsive mothering, particularly under stressful conditions, and thereby encourage secure infant-mother attachment. (Bronfenbrenner 1979) Check […]

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Learning about Research

October 23, 2012

Do you wonder about the research that supports group support?  Check it out here at AP Month Central! If you are looking to get involved in AP Month, check out the auction items.  Bidding is now open Do you live in Turkey?  The API parent group listed below may be near you!  Live in another state […]

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Managing New Ideas

October 22, 2012

Having access to great information can be empowering, but figuring out how it works best in our own families can require more than just distance learning.  It can require a dialog with caring others who might have been there, but even if not, are compassionate nonetheless.  How do you affect “change management” in your family? How […]

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Everyone Needs a Hug

October 21, 2012

Daily hassles are real, so is our physiological response to a “group hug.”  Did you know that daily hassles are actually studied?  The accumulation of minor stresses is real and the buildup can be real and the effects are real and have real impact on our parenting and families and other relationships.  But did you […]

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