What if parenting is not about fixing it all for your child?

What if it is not about fixing your child?

What if, first of all, it is about being a solid presence in their live while they are figuring it out?

Hi there, I am Una Archer. I have been facilitating attachment-based Circle of Security parenting courses since 2014. I started doing it and continue to do it because I know that nurturing attachment security builds a solid foundation for our parenting. It helps to create the emotional environment in which our children can thrive. 

My work is about helping myself and other parents translate what we know from research about supporting secure attachment into small, clear, doable steps we can take in our day-to-day parenting. 

One of the ways I do that in my own life is by asking myself: How can I be a secure base for my child today? I think about one child at a time. 

I’ve been living with this question for a number of years, and over time, I came up with lots of different answers. 

I created this email series to share some of those answers with you. I hope you’ll find some of them helpful, inspiring, and thought-provoking. Some might not resonate with you and that’s fine. My main reason for sharing this email series with you is to invite you to keep on asking yourself this question so that you can keep on coming up with your own answers.