Nurture the Nature: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Unique Core Personality

by Michael Gurian (Spokane, Washington)

• ISBN13: 9780787995270
• ISBN10: 0787995274
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

From Michael Gurian, the best-selling author of The Minds of Boys and The Wonder of Girls, comes the next-step book that shows how any parent can tune into a child's unique core personality, hard wiring, temperament, and genetic predisposition in order to help that child flourish and thrive.Based on the most recent brain research, Nurture the Nature features the Ten Tips for Nurturing the Nature of Your Baby, self-tests, checklists, and many other tools for you to help your kids get exactly the kind of support they need, from infants to adolescents.While offering positive ideas for nurturing your child, Gurian also shows how to avoid the stress, pressures, and excessive competition of what he identifies as social trends parenting. Most parents know instinctively that their child is unique and has special potential, weaknesses, and strengths. No child is a blank slate. Gurian calls on parents to turn away from one-size-fits-all approaches and instead support the individual core nature of a child with effective and customized loving care.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Rediscovering Our Children

Your Child's Nature

Nurture The Nature Of Your Child

Nature-Based Theory

Essential Parenting

A Special Feature For Moms And Dads With Newborns: Ten Tips For Nurturing The Nature Of Your Baby

Protecting the Nature of Your Child

Escaping The Social Trends Parenting System

What Is Chronic Stress In The American Family? The Social Trends Parenting System

Nurturing Your Child's Nature

Getting Started

Understanding The Core Nature Of Your Child

Using Nature-Based Theory In Your Family

The Myth Of The Blank Slate Child

Eight New Sciences That Can Help You Understand Your Child's Core Nature

Creating A Profile Of Your Child's Core Nature

Your Essential Parenting Blueprint

"Who Am I?"

Nurturing the Nature of Your Child

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Infant

Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Infant

Natural Differences Between Infant Boys And Girls

A Revolution In Parenting

Essential Mothers, Essential Fathers

Parents-Beyond-Parents

The Importance Of The Mother-Infant Bond

Burning Question: Can Vaccinations Harm My Infant? Parenting As A Spiritual Discipline

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Two- To Three-Year-Old

Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Toddler

Natural Differences Between Toddler Girls And Boys

The Importance Of Play, Order, And Discipline

Self-Awareness Of Your Own Core Nature

Burning Question: How Do I Handle Tantrums? "She Was A Handful!" 5

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Four- To Six-Year-Old

@FCTX3:Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Four- To Six-Year-Old

Natural Differences Between Boys And Girls Age Four To Six

Handling Sibling Rivalry

Helping Your Self-Educating Child Ask, "Who Am I?" Redefining Food, Shelter, And Clothing

Burning Question: How Do I Find The Best School For My Four- To Six-Year-Old? Moving Forward With Both Peace And Excitement

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Seven- To Ten-Year-Old

Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Seven- To Ten-Year-Old

Natural Differences Between School-Age Girls And Boys

Focusing On The Art Of Relationship To Protect Your Child's Core Nature

Protecting A Child's Core Nature By Creating Symbiotic Marriage Or Symbiotic Divorce

Burning Question: How Much Media Is Too Much? The Courage Of Parents

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Adolescent

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Eleven- To Fourteen-Year-Old

Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Pubescent Child

Natural Differences Between Early Adolescent Boys And Girls

Helping Your Pubescent Child Through Early Adolescent Adaptations Of Core Nature

Joining Together To Link Fathers And Men To Early Adolescents

Burning Question: How Do I Protect My Early Adolescent's Self-Esteem? Moving Forward With Pride

Nurturing The Nature Of Your Fifteen- To Eighteen-Year-Old

Preview Of Essential Developmental Tasks

Information Essential To Nurturing The Core Nature Of Your Middle A

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