Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore

by Kent Hoffman RelD

For esteem-sensitive parents, what appears to be commonsense and practical thinking is often a form of shame. Shame has been known to inspire a change in behavior, but it doesn’t bring a change in attitude. In this case it just pushes feelings of anger and sadness further down, away from the very relationship that can help this child resolve her pain.