This is the third a series of blogs about parent-child connectedness.

At the core of a happy family are parents and children, connected to one another in a way that is mutually satisfying, pleasing and enduring. This elusive quality is parent-child connectedness.

Parent-child connectedness has gone by (and probably will continue to) many other names: mutual attachment, family strength, and parent-child bonding to name just a few. But what exactly do we mean by "parent-child connectedness?"