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For parents and caregivers
Drawing on decades of psychological research, neuroscience, and our own experience as parents and people of faith, THE 6 NEEDS OF EVERY CHILD: Empowering Parents and Kids through the Science of Connection presents six relational needs for human growth that will transform the way you think about your child—and yourself. Together, the needs form a trustworthy compass to guide you and your child to a path of purpose and relational wholeness.
For professionals and front-line helpers
Evidence-based tools and frameworks from Jeffrey Olrick, MEd, PhD, to help you support children and young people
For professionals and front-line helpers
Evidence-based tools and frameworks from Jeffrey Olrick, MEd, PhD, to help you support children and young people
The 6 Needs of Every Child
Drawing on decades of psychological research, neuroscience, and our own experience, the book presents six relational needs for human growth that will transform the way you think about your child—and yourself.
Discover Your Patterns
Take our free self-reflection quizzes to explore which of the Six Needs you may respond to most naturally and which may be harder for you to meet.
Parenting When Our Own Stories Show Up
A 90-minute online workshop exploring how our own histories shape the way we respond to our children, and how the Six Needs can help us move toward greater awareness, connection, and repair.
Did Mother Hunger® bring you here?
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Welcome. In the revised edition of her book Mother Hunger: Understand and Heal the Wounds of Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance, therapist and author Kelly McDaniel introduces readers to our book, The 6 Needs of Every Child and the ways our own relational histories can shape how we respond to our children.
We’re creating a place to explore what happens when our children’s needs meet our own stories, and how greater awareness can lead us toward health, healing and connection.
Much of the way we’ve been taught to think focuses on what to do with kids, rather than the unique, individual relationship that we have with them.
Attachment science teaches us that one question changes everything:
“HOW SHALL I BE WITH THIS PERSON?”
As kids are growing, we can grow, too.
Understanding how children develop and how we can support that development leads to healthier relationships within families and more thriving futures for kids.