Mother love is often seen as sacred, but for many children the relationship is a painful struggle. Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter, an internationally acclaimed psychologist and writer, unlocks the mysteries of this complicated bond. She showcases the[...]
Raising confident, motivated and caring children is a parent's greatest challenge. Drawing on her extensive research on children and parents, Terri Apter has created a guide based on "emotional coaching" - learning to respond appropriately to a child's feelings - that helps parents raise children to[...]
This substantial contribution to the literature on sibling relationships (Library Journal) explores the intricacy, friction, and love in bonds between sisters. Relationships between women are often freighted with a rocky mix of emotions devotion and disregard, affection and loathing, admiration and [...]
Are mothers jealous of their developing daughters? Is an early mother-child bond severed during adolescence and never formed again? What does adolescence feel like to a girl?Drawing on detailed interviews with mothers and daughters from Terri Apter's research in Great Britain and America, and from r[...]