Attachment To A Baby Is A Long-term

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.

Grandparents Who Want To Be Truly Helpful Will Do Well To Keep Their Mouths Shut And Their Opinions To Themselves Until These Are Requested.

A Newborn Already Has Nine Months Of Experience When She Is Born.

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.

You Learn More From Your Mistakes Than You Do From Your Successes.