Kim S. Golding is a consultant clinical psychologist with a longstanding interest in parenting. She was involved in the setting up and evaluation of an inter-agency project in Worcestershire, UK, which is now part of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children. She has developed and implemented a range of interventions and programmes for children and families. She is the author of Nurturing Attachments, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Daniel A. Hughes is a psychologist who specializes in working with children and young people with trauma/attachment problems and their families. He developed Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, a key feature of which is the parenting attitude of PACE, and Attachment Focused Family Therapy. He is the President of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute, Pennsylvania, USA. He is author of several books including Building the Bonds of Attachment, 2nd edition, and Attachment Focused Family Therapy Workbook.

Acknowledgements.; Preface.; Introduction.; 1. Love: The Essential Ingredient. Story: A Mummy Finds Out How to Look After Her Baby.; Section 1. Play.; 2. The World of Play.; 3. Playful Parenting. Story: The Naive Buccaneer.; Section 2. Acceptance.; 4. Acceptance of the Inner World of the Other.; 5. Parenting with Unconditional Acceptance. Story: Stripes and the Herd of Wild Horses.; Section 3. Curiosity.; 6. Curiosity: Finding a Different Perspective.; 7. Staying Curious Within Parenting. Story: The Boy with All the Knowledge of the World in His Head.; Section 4. Empathy.; 8. Empathy: Connecting in the Emotional World.; 9. Joining your Child with Empathy. Story: The Farmer and the Queen.; 10. Brining it all Together and an Additional Ingredient.; References.; Glossary.; Index.