The warmth of physical touch, and responding to your children is essential for healthy development. This is sometimes referred to as attachment. This need for attachment stretches beyond the first year, and can be compensated later, children don't get it early. There is always hope!
The First Year: A Baby's Brain Needs Love to Develop
EXTRA
Children can still develop these bonds of love and attachment, even in their adolescence. Here is a moving story on NPR's This American life about the benefits of loving your chldren. This recording is well worth the time.
This American Life: Unconditional Love (Recording) . (Transcript)
BOOK DISCUSSION
This semester's book is No Drama Discispline, but Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Please pick up a copy (the library has many copies of the book in English and Spanish, ebook and audio, and can easily be found in your local bookstore or online). We will begin our book discussion of the Introduction on February 2, Chapter 1 on February 11.
The First Year: A Baby's Brain Needs Love to Develop
EXTRA
Children can still develop these bonds of love and attachment, even in their adolescence. Here is a moving story on NPR's This American life about the benefits of loving your chldren. This recording is well worth the time.
This American Life: Unconditional Love (Recording) . (Transcript)
BOOK DISCUSSION
This semester's book is No Drama Discispline, but Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Please pick up a copy (the library has many copies of the book in English and Spanish, ebook and audio, and can easily be found in your local bookstore or online). We will begin our book discussion of the Introduction on February 2, Chapter 1 on February 11.