Attuned Relationships

Even when we sometimes miss those being with moments, if we are available consistently enough our children come to know we will come back to them and meet their needs for connection and emotional support.

Parents promote emotional regulation skills by Being With their children in their experience at each point of the Circle. Being With is at the very core of our role as the hands on the Circle and makes all other aspects of that role possible.

Hoffman, Kent, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell, and Christine Benton. Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore. Guilford Press, 2017.

It’s hard to feel hopeful in times like these. Howard Zinn offers another way of thinking about hopefulness and how important it is to feel hope in the present moment.