Synopses & Reviews
Everyone understands that developing emotional intelligence and sensitivity to other people's feelings is critical to an emotionally healthy and happy life. And yet parents often lack confidence in their ability to foster these important emotional skills. What parents need to know is that there are many steps they can take to get their child on the right emotional track, and that the ideal time to begin is between birth and age three. Renowned child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., bring the fruits of their twenty-plus-years' research on parent-infant relationships to reveal the rich emotional lives of young babies and teach parents ways to give their baby or toddler an emotional head start during the earliest and most critical years. Translating up-to-date research findings into practical strategies and fun activities, Baby Hearts enables parents to help their children:
- Feel secure
- Express emotions effectively to promote constructive rather than destructive behavior
- Find the right balance between healthy fears and unhealthy anxieties
- Develop satisfying friendships and empathy
- Build self-esteem and self-confidence, and more
About the Author
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. is emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Acredolo received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She has served as an editor of
Child Development and as an officer of the prestigious Society for Research in Child Development.
Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D. is professor of Psychology and Child Development at California State University, Stanislaus, where she has served as Project Director for several longitudinal research projects. Dr. Goodwyn earned her Ph.D. as a Developmental Psychologist at the University of California, Davis.
Drs. Acredolo and Goodwyn have received numerous research grants, most notably from the National Institutes of Child Health and Development. They have published over 50 scholarly articles and have presented at over 75 national and international research meetings. Their pioneering research into infant and toddler development led them to co-author the 400,000-copy bestselling book Baby Signs (Contemporary Books, 1996, revised edition 2002) and Baby Minds (Bantam, 2000), as well as to found Baby Signs, Inc. in 2001. BABY HEARTS will be the third volume in the series.