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Understanding Anxious Attachment
An Introduction to Anxious Attachment What is your attachment style? It’s a question you may have been asking yourself since we first published our “Understanding Attachment Theory” blog post. We recently unpacked secure attachment, and now, we are examining more closely anxious (or preoccupied) attachment. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Anxious attachment is a type…
Understanding Secure Attachment
An Introduction to Attachment Theory At Show Hope, you will often hear us talk about attachment, particularly in regard to our Pre+Post Adoption Support work. As we recently outlined in a blog post, attachment theory suggests that each one of us has an attachment style that formed when we were young. First developed by psychologists…
Show Hope Book Club: The Connected Parent
The Connected Parent The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment, by child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis, gives you practical advice and powerful tools you can use to build secure attachment in your family. Co-author Lisa Qualls also demonstrates how you can successfully implement these strategies in your home, just as she did…
How to Honor Your Child’s Birth Culture
The Importance of Honoring Your Child’s Birth Culture As parents whose families have been built through adoption, it is important to honor your child’s birth culture. This is particularly true for children who are of a different race or ethnicity from the other members of their families. According to an article from the National Council…
The Impacts of Show Hope’s Medical Care Grants
Show Hope’s Desire to Journey Further With a desire to address the medical barrier to adoption, more than three years ago, Show Hope took a step back to listen, dream, and hope. What if we could further journey with children and families, once adoption has been finalized, by offering Medical Care grants to help offset…
Understanding Attachment Theory
An Introduction to Attachment Theory Attachment theory suggests that each one of us has an attachment style that formed when we were young. First developed by psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth in the 1930s, this notion says that your attachment style, formed during your early relationship with your caregivers and how they responded to…
