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Book SynopsisEvery parent has pondered 'nature vs. nurture' questions. How much of my child''s personality and behavior is inborn? How much is learned? This important book, written bybehavioral scientists who are also mothers, has answers. This book offers the best parenting practices to foster resilience by encouraging children’s social-emotional development and adaptive stress-regulation strategies. The authors translate scientific research into concrete, actionable tips and recommendations to help promote the emotional wellbeing of both child and parent.
Authors Stacey N. Doan and Jessica Borelli offer a science-based framework to help show parents and guardians how biology and parenting work together. Although genetics are significant, DNA is not destiny--the die is not cast at birth. Parenting still matters, deeply. Cutting-edge epigenetics research and other recent scientific insights are explained to show that biology and parenting behavior are integrally
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1: Parenting, Stress, and the Shaping of Children’s Biology
Chapter 2: The Challenges of Contemporary Parenting
Chapter 3: Love and Resilience
Chapter 4: Parenting Before Birth
Chapter 5: Laying the Foundation: The Early Years
Chapter 6: In the Mind’s Eye: Mentalizing and Empathy
Chapter 7: Tempering the Tantrum: Regulating Children’s Negative Emotions
Chapter 8: Capitalizing on Children’s Positive Emotions
Chapter 9: Nurturing Your Child’s Nature
Chapter 10: The Co-Parent
Epilogue
