Develping the Brain Through Love

These simple acts can make a difference in the lasting health of your child because it causes the brain to form its firm foundation:

Five Key Ideas For New Parents

Here is the science behind it all, which includes a couple one minute long videos from Harvard's Center on the Developing Child:

Experience Builds Brain Architecture

Serve and Return

The Foundations of Life Long Health

To get more science, I've posted below in the 'Extras' links to the Working Papers.

We will spend some class time doing Quiet Observation. You can read about a mom's experience with this here.

Consider This
What am I already doing with my child to develop a strong foundation for brain development?
What could I do better?

Extras
Here is a moving report/story on NPR's This American Life about the importance of physically and emotionally giving love to your children.
This American Life: Unconditional Love (Transcript)
This American Life: Unconditional Love (Recording)

Harvard's Center on the Developing Child Working Papers:
Children's Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains

The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture

Early Experiences Can Alter Gene Expression and Affect Long-Term Development

Book Club
This semester we will be reading Jennifer Senior's book: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. Our first class discussion will be on the Introduction, after Labor Day (Thursday, 9/10, and Monday, 9/14). Don't forget to check the local library for the book.

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Nancy's Free Parenting Classes With CCSF- Join us For Spring 2023

City College of San Francisco Spring 2023 Semester -- Classes have ongoing enrollment throughout the semester until they are filled. Register online or in person. The semester begins on January 17, 2023. Learn The Developmental Stages And How To Play With Your Child Meet Other Parents Get Parenting Questions Answered Song Time Book/Article Discussions Build Community This weekly adult-education noncredit class is intended for parents to gather, learn from the material and build community with others experiencing this pandemic parenting life stage. Bring your child, and learn while playing together. This is a non-credit adult education class with no grades. Adult students must be vaccinated to participate. **City College also offers these courses taught by other instructors at the Ocean, Chinatown and John Adams Campus. See the schedule here . Nancy's Class Schedule Now Enrolling! IN-PERSON, Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia Street, Room 173 These classes will be limited in

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Click here to find out more about Nancy's Couples Parenting Workshops: Creating a Joyful Family . No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson is one of my favorite parenting books. Here's a wonderful summary, aka the "refrigerator" sheet taken straight out of the book. No Drama Discipline REFRIGERATOR SHEET Also included in the conclusion of the the book: 20 Discipline Mistakes Even Great Parents Make This week I've asked my classes to share their favorite easy and nutritious family meal recipe. Please take time to share your favorite recipe in the comment section. Book Discussion We will have our final discussion on the Conclusion Chapter and Further Resources this week of April 9. Here's also a nice little summary of the book written on the Fatherly Blog . Extras These two articles published in the last couple of days were interesting to me... How to Raise a Vegetable Eater How to Minimize Exposures to Hormon

Raising Grateful Children and Squashing Materialism

There is the old adage, "you can't give your child something you don't have yourself." If we want grateful children, we'll have to model gratitude first. "Gratitude is more than behavior-- it is an internal experience... of NOTICE-THINK-FEEL-DO." Let's try to be mindful of this, for the sake of our children. What Parents Need to Understand About Gratitude On the flip side of gratitude is materialism. Understanding why kids want things and what to do about it is helpful. In this season of buy-buy-buy, consider alternatives to obtaining things by focusing on what matters in life. Why Kids Want Things 6 Ways to Squash Kids' Materialism This Holiday Enjoy this winter break with your family. We'll see you in January! CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS This week of December 16 is the last week of classes, the semester ends on December 22. We will have a potluck celebration in class. Bring food and good cheer to share.

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