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'Difficult' children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents, say researchers

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...
Psychology Today

Raising a Difficult Child? Try a “Spirited” Spin

About 10 percent of children are born with difficult temperaments. Each difficult child is unique, but difficult children, by definition, are strong-willed, intense, irritable, negative, demanding, ...
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7 common phrases parents should avoid when dealing with challenging kids

As much as we may be reluctant to say it—and with good reason—some kids are more “challenging” than others. Maybe they don’t listen to you or follow instructions. They might have extra emotional ...
Times Union

‘Difficult’ children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Or Dagan, Long Island University Post and Carlo Schuengel, Vrije Universiteit ...
New Haven Register

‘Difficult’ children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents

(THE CONVERSATION) Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children ...