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2 - Parenting, Challenges, Brain Development, and Attachment Strategies

from Part I - Foundations of Parenting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Anne Rifkin-Graboi  and
Gwendolyn Ngoh
Edited by
Amanda Sheffield Morris  and
Julia Mendez Smith
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Julia Mendez Smith
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Summary

Human infants are born needing their caregivers’ support to accomplish challenges related to both security and exploration. Accordingly, the quality of care infants receive influences their ability to appraise the degree of threat inherent to any challenge, signal needs for assistance, and regulate their responses. In this manner, parenting affects whether young children manage challenges with behavior or physiological responses. The extent to which stress physiology is repeatedly invoked in response to challenges, alongside variation in neural growth accompanying children’s exploratory behavior, in turn affects neurodevelopment and ultimately functioning with age. We discuss the processes through which this occurs, the potential impact on attachment schemas, and implications for intervention programs designed at improving parenting and well-being.

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sensitivityattachmentstressexplorationneurodevelopment
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The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting , pp. 29 - 49
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Print publication year: 2022

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