Parenting From the Inside Out

In Parenting from the Inside Out, child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Drawing on stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Born out of a series of parents' workshops that combined Siegel's cutting-edge research on how communication impacts brain development with Hartzell's decades of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, this book guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.

 Contents Include : 

1. How We Remember : Experiences Shape Who We Are 
2. How We Perceive Reality : Constructing the Stories of Our Lives
3. How We Feel : Emotion in Our Internal and Interpersonal Worlds
4. How We Communicate : Making Connections 
5. How We Attach : Relationships Between Children and Parents
6. How We Make Sense of Our Lives : Adult Attachment 
7. How We Keep It Together and How We Fall Apart : The High Road and the Low Road 
8. How We Disconnect and Reconnect : Rapture and Repair 
9. How We Develop Mindsight : Compassion and Reflective Dialogues