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Why Love Matters: How affection shapes a baby's brain
Written by Sue Gerhardt
Narrated by Phyllida Nash
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Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby’s future emotional and physical well-being.
The author focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler’s developing nervous system. When things go wrong with relationships in early life, the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too. The brain’s emotion and immune systems are particularly affected by early stress and can become less effective. This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression, anti-social behaviour and addictions or anorexia, as well as physical illness.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5While I was reading it, I had one dominant thought: “People who should read it will not read it. Everyone else can get a mild case of anxiety.” It is good. I appreciated reference to scientific researches, but it would have been better if it was mentioned that a lot of them are hypotheses. Last chapters are great and suggestions are great. Everything else can leave you wondering, did I traumatize my child if he/she cried for a minute while I was washing hands after bathroom?