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Nurture the nature : understanding and supporting your child's unique core personality

Now in paperback, with new self-test to determine a child's core nature Readers will learn how to tune into their children's unique core personality, hard-wiring, temperament, and genetic predisposition to help them thrive, avoiding the pressures and competition of social trends parenting - based on the latest brain science.
Print Book, English, ©2009
Jossey-Bass ; John Wiley [distributor], San Francisco, Calif., Chichester, ©2009
xvi, 352 pages ; 23 cm
9780470322529, 0470322527
1135262678
Understanding Your Own and Your Child’s Core Nature: An Observation Tool vii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Rediscovering Our Children 1 Your Child’s Nature 5 Nurture the Nature of Your Child 7 Essential Parenting 12 A Special Feature for Moms and Dads with Newborns: Ten Tips for Nurturing the Nature of Your Baby 15 Part One Protecting the Nature of Your Child 19 1 Escaping the Social Trends Parenting System 21 What is Chronic Stress in the American Family? 24 The Social Trends Parenting System 32 Nurturing Your Child’s Nature 37 Getting Started 39 2 Understandinging the Core Nature of Your Child 43 Using Nature-Based Theory in Your Family 46 The Myth of the Blank Slate Child 47 Eight New Sciences That Can Help You Understand Your Child’s Core Nature 52 Creating a Profile of Your Child’s Core Nature 63 Your Essential Parenting Blueprint 77 “Who Am I?” 78 Part Two Nurturing the Nature of Your Child 83 3 Nurturing the Nature of Your Infant 85 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 86 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Infant 87 Natural Differences Between Infant Boys and Girls 92 A Revolution in Parenting 94 Essential Mothers, Essential Fathers 95 Parents-Beyond-Parents 100 The Importance of the Mother-Infant Bond 104 Burning Question: Can Vaccinations Harm My Infant? 112 Parenting as a Spiritual Discipline 113 4 Nurturing the Nature of Your Two- to Three-Year-Old 116 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 117 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Toddler 117 Natural Differences Between Toddler Girls and Boys 121 The Importance of Play, Order, and Discipline 125 Self-Awareness of Your Own Core Nature 132 Burning Question: How Do I Handle Tantrums? 133 “She Was a Handful!” 136 5 Nurturing the Nature of Your Four- to Six-Year-Old 138 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 141 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Four- to Six-Year-Old 142 Natural Differences Between Boys and Girls Age Four to Six 146 Handling Sibling Rivalry 148 Helping Your Self-Educating Child Ask, “Who Am I?” 151 Redefining Food, Shelter, and Clothing 156 Burning Question: How Do I Find the Best School for My Four- to Six-Year-Old? 162 Moving Forward with Both Peace and Excitement 166 6 Nurturing the Nature of Your Seven- to Ten-Year-Old 170 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 171 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Seven- to Ten-Year-Old 172 Natural Differences Between School-Age Girls and Boys 175 Focusing on the Art of Relationship to Protect Your Child’s Core Nature 178 Protecting a Child’s Core Nature by Creating Symbiotic Marriage or Symbiotic Divorce 182 Burning Question: How Much Media is Too Much? 193 The Courage of Parents 197 Part Three Nurturing the Nature of Your Adolescent 201 7 Nurturing the Nature of Your Eleven- to Fourteen-Year-Old 203 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 205 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Pubescent Child 206 Natural Differences Between Early Adolescent Boys and Girls 211 Helping Your Pubescent Child Through Early Adolescent Adaptations of Core Nature 214 Joining Together to Link Fathers and Men to Early Adolescents 221 Burning Question: How Do I Protect My Early Adolescent’s Self-Esteem? 226 Moving Forward with Pride 231 8 Nurturing the Nature of Your Fifteen- to Eighteen-Year-Old 235 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 238 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Middle Adolescent 239 Natural Differences Between Middle Adolescent Girls and Boys 244 Adapting Your Family to Accommodate Your Middle Adolescent’s Individuation of Core Nature 247 Helping Adolescents Through Crisis 254 Burning Question: What is the Best Way to Handle Peer Groups? 261 Becoming a Woman, Becoming a Man 267 9 Nurturing the Nature of Your Adolescent of Nineteen and Older 271 Preview of Essential Developmental Tasks 273 Information Essential to Nurturing the Core Nature of Your Late Adolescent 274 Natural Differences Between Young Men and Young Women 277 Identifying and Helping Young Men and Young Women Who Lack a Mission in Life 282 Burning Question: Why are Young People Maturing So Much Later Than We Did? 293 The Mission in Life 295 Epilogue 299 Appendixes A: Principles of Nature-Based Families 301 B: Tracking Your Child’s Core Personality Through Genetics: How to Draw and Understand a Genogram 303 C: More Help with Food, Shelter, and Clothing: A Discussion Starter for Parent Groups 307 Notes and References 311 Bibliography 337 The Gurian Institute 341 About the Author 343 Index 345
Publié à l'origine : 2007