طبیعت با پرورش ملاقات می‌کند: استراتژی‌های مبتنی بر علم برای پرورش کودکان مقاوم (سری ابزارهای زندگی APA)

Every 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 by behavioral 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 intertwined. Increasingly competitive schools, looming threats of climate change, and the Covid-19 pandemic have sent many parents' anxiety spiraling out of control. This affects their kids, creating a recurring cycle of stress and worry. This book is here to help. "How much of my child's personality and behavior is inborn? How much is learned? Every parent has pondered the "nature vs. nurture" question as they grapple with how to handle today's complex parenting challenges. Increasingly competitive schools, looming threats of climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic have sent many parents' anxiety spiraling out of control. Parents' anxiety affects their kids, creating a recurring cycle of stress and worry. In this book, authors Stacey N. Doan and Jessica L. Borelli, behavioral scientists and mothers, offer a science-based framework to help break that cycle. They show parents and guardians how biology and parenting can work together, translating cutting-edge research into strategies to help parents master their craft. This includes concrete, actionable tips and recommendations to help encourage children's social-emotional development and promote adaptive stress-regulation strategies. Genetics are significant, but DNA is not destiny--the die is not cast at birth. Parenting still matters, deeply."--Page 4 of cover Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 Chapter 1. Parenting, Stress, and the Shaping of Children’s Biology 13 Chapter 2. The Challenges of Contemporary Parenting 39 Chapter 3. Love and Resilience 67 Chapter 4. Parenting Before Birth 93 Chapter 5. Laying the Foundation: The Early Years 121 Chapter 6. In the Mind’s Eye: Mentalizing and Empathy 147 Chapter 7. Tempering the Tantrum: Regulating Children’s Negative Emotions 169 Chapter 8. Capitalizing on Children’s Positive Emotions 197 Chapter 9. Nurturing Your Child’s Nature 221 Chapter 10. The Coparent 251 Epilogue 281 Notes 289 Index 335 About the Authors 349