My Fertile Brain
MY FERTILE BRAIN, Dr. Bob’s IT DEPENDS, Dr Pascal Vrticka (PhD)Neuroscientist, MD, and mother translating brain science into grounded, compassionate insights for parents
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An Attachment Researcher Speaks to Parents – Part 2
Pascal Vrtička is an attachment researcher at the University of Essex and a co-author of the 2026 review of attachment misconceptions. Part One explains how this FAQ came about and covers attunement, Gentle Parenting, boundaries and daycare...
An Attachment Researcher Speaks to Parents – Part 1
Why this resource
This FAQ grew out of my essay The Attachment Panic Has Gone Too Far, about the distance between attachment science and some of the claims now made in its name.
There is a huge amount of attachment information online,...
The Attachment Panic Has Gone Too Far
She has excellent lighting.
The nursery behind her is the color of oat milk. The wooden animals on the shelf have been arranged in an order that suggests somebody in this house has time. She sits cross-legged on a linen bedspread and speak...
Mothers I'm Reading — September 2026
Every month, I read through the essays mothers send me and choose three I want to share with you.
Every month, I read through the essays mothers send me and choose three I want to share with you.
Is Your Phone Addiction Affecting Your Kids?
We panic about our children’s screen habits. What are they learning from ours?
We love complaining about children and their phones.
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Brain science for parents, without the fearmongering. By Manuela Kouakou, MD, MSc, PhD Inquiries: [email protected]
Pediatrician, Behavioral Pediatrician Clin Professor University Pediatrics Author: The Normal but Not So Easy Child Raising Your Child without Frustration, Anger or Guilt
Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Social Neuroscience of Human Attachment (SoNeAt) Lab at the Department of Psychology, University of Essex (Colchester, UK).
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