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  <about><![CDATA[Pam Leo is an independent scholar in human development, a parent educator, a certified childbirth educator, a doula, a parent, and a grandparent.<br/><br/>&quot;After my first child was born in 1972, it became my passion to understand human behavior. I began to study child development, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. I wanted to learn why we are each born as a tiny innocent being, and some of us grow up to be a Mahatma Gandhi while others become an Adolf Hitler. What determines the difference? I was determined to find out.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;If I had to put into one sentence all that I have learned about optimal human development and parenting it would be this: our effectiveness as parents is in direct proportion to the strength of the bond we have with our child. Securing and maintaining that bond is our primary work as parents and is the key to optimal human development.&quot;]]></about>
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    <![CDATA[Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Connection Parenting&quot; is based on author Pam Leo's seven week parenting series, &quot;Meeting the Needs of Children,&quot; that she has been teaching for over sixteen years. The premise is that a strong parent-child bond is the key to children's optimal human development and our most effective parenting tool. Connection Parenting is a proactive approach to parenting that supports parents and caregivers in creating and maintaining the strong bonds children need to thrive.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
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    <![CDATA[Connection Parenting Audio Book]]>
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    <![CDATA[The level of cooperation parents get from their children is usually equal to the level of connection children feel with their parents.     Connection Parenting is based on the Meeting the Needs of Children 7-week proactive parenting series that Pam Leo has taught for nearly 20 years. The premise is that meeting children's biological need for emotional connection creates the healthy, strong parent-child bond children need to thrive and that bond is also the key to effective parenting.]]>
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