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Every Time You Give A Parent A Sense Of Success Or Of Empowerment, You're Offering It To The Baby Indirectly. Because Every Time A Parent Looks At That Baby And Says 'oh, You're So Wonderful,' That Baby Just Bursts With Feeling Good About Themselves.

A Pregnant Woman And Her Spouse Dream Of Three Babies--the Perfect Four-month-old Who Rewards Them With Smiles And Musical Cooing,the Impaired Baby, Who Changes Each Day, And The Mysterious Real Baby Whose Presence Is Beginning To Be Evident In The Motions Of The Fetus.

Parents Don't Make Mistakes Because They Don't Care, But Because They Care So Deeply.

A Family's Responses To Crisis Or To A New Situation Mirror Those Of A Child. That Is To Say, The Way A Small Child Deals With A New Challenge (for Instance, Learning To Walk) Has Certain Predictable Stages: Regression, Anxiety, Mastery, New Energy, Growth, And Feedback For Future Achievement. These Stages Can Also Be Seen In Adults Coping With New Life Events, Whether Positive Or Negative.

Reading To Children At Night, Responding To Their Smiles With A Smile, Returning Their Vocalizations With One Of Your Own, Touching Them, Holding Them - All Of These Further A Child's Brain Development And Future Potential, Even In The Earliest Months.