In this episode, child and adolescent mental health therapist Katie Hejna discusses how parents can foster secure attachment in their children to build emotional resilience and long-term mental health.
She explains the foundational role of consistent caregiving, emotional validation, and repair after relational ruptures, and how these practices influence a child's ability to regulate emotions and trust others.
The conversation also highlights how early attachment patterns affect not only childhood behavior but relationships and faith development well into adulthood.
Starting when kids are infants, parents can reduce the chances that their children struggle with vices and addictions when they are older by creating secure emotional attachments with them.
If you have young kids at home, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
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