Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five PDF
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Table of Contents Title Page Dedication brain rules Introduction pregnancy Quiet, please: Baby in progress The amazing pregaphone Let’s get it on When can your baby hear you, smell you? A balancing act 4 things proven to help baby’s brain Every little bit counts relationship Most marriages suffer Seeds of hope Babies seek safety above all How babies respond to stress The four biggest reasons you’ll fight ‘Nobody told me it was going to be so hard’ The first step is awareness Make empathy a reflex: Two simple steps Prepare your relationship smart baby: seeds What a smart brain looks like The intelligence of IQ What does it mean to be smart? Mom’s beef stew: 7 ingredients of intelligence Not on IQ tests smart baby: soil The brain’s day job is not learning 4 ingredients you want 1. Breast-feeding is a brain booster 2. Talk to your baby—a lot 3. Hurray for play 4. Praise effort, not IQ The digital age: TV, video games, and the Internet No boob tube before age 2 Video games: Don’t just sit there A cautionary tale about texting My baby is better than your baby The dangers of hyper-parenting happy baby: seeds What is happy? The secret of happiness How to make friends Emotional regulation: How nice Where emotions happen in the brain Empathy: The glue of relationships Could happiness or sadness be genetic? No one gene for temperament Tendencies, not destinies happy baby: soil Attentive, patient ping-pong Attachment takes years Parenting is not for sissies A terrific kid “Where do you go to get kids like this?” Why empathy works moral baby Are babies born moral? Why don’t kids just do the right thing? How moral reasoning develops How the brain bridges facts and emotions Raising a moral child: Rules and discipline 1. Clear, consistent rules and rewards 2. Swift punishment 3. Explaining the rules Should you spank? The discipline kids prefer conclusion brain rules practical tips references Acknowledgements Copyright Page To my amazing kids and their even more amazing mother, for teaching me that when confronted with a choice between two equally plausible theories, it is always best to take the one that is funnier. brain rules pregnancy Babies develop an active mental life in the womb Stressed mom, stressed baby Eat right, stay fit, get lots of pedicures relationship Happy marriage, happy baby The brain seeks safety above all What is obvious to you is obvious to you
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