Attachment and parenting
![Two individuals are shown sitting closely, one appearing to comfort the other by holding their hand. The setting seems intimate and supportive.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/80a0cfc4-d9f7-46b1-a398-b2ab395072b9/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Attachment and parenting
idea
Six steps to self-compassion when your parent has mental illness
Growing up with a parent with mental illness can be very tough. Learning to exercise self-compassion can truly help
by Addy Dunkley-Smith
![A woman crouched on a beach with two young children. One tugs at her from behind, the other strains against her grasp towards the water.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/95d9f537-693b-4436-a0a9-d931954876e8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
idea
Why parenting books are not really written for the parents
Parenting books are not really for parents but for the people writing them, and speak more to their own lives than our own
by Olga Mecking
![Two people sitting in a café together but with faraway expressions, with city visible outside; inside, other patrons are seen.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/691e7f00-f38e-49f7-bc8c-511c1c5efd6d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Love
guide
How to be more secure in your relationships
Too clingy – or too scared to commit? Your attachment style is rooted in your childhood, but you can change it
by Graham Johnston & Matt Wotton
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Parenting and families
film
‘Suddenly you are here’ – a breathless, hilarious ode to new motherhood
Directed by Henriette Rietz