Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three

Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

An essential guide for new moms, celebrating the importance of a motherâ€™s presence in the first years of life

**As seen on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and CBS New York**

In this important and empowering book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar explains why a mother's emotional and physical presence in her child's life--especially during the first three years--gives the child has a greater chance of growing up emotionally healthy, happy, secure, and resilient. Â

In other words, when it comes to connecting with your baby or toddler, more is more.

Compassionate and balanced, and focusing on the emotional health of children and moms alike, this book shows parents how to give their little ones the best chance for developing into healthy and loving adults. Based on more than two decades of clinical work, established psychoanalytic theory, and the most cutting-edge neurobiological research on caregiving, attachment, and brain development, Being There explains:

Â Â â€¢ How to establish emotional connection with a newborn or young child--regardless of whether you're able to pause your career to stay home
Â Â Â â€¢Â How to ease transitions and minimize stress for your baby or toddler
Â Â Â â€¢Â How to select and train quality childcare if necessary
Â Â Â â€¢Â What's true and false about widely held beliefs like "Babies are resilient" and â€œIâ€™ll make up for it when heâ€™s olderâ€
Â Â Â â€¢Â How to recognize and combat feelings of post-partum depression or boredom
Â Â Â â€¢Â Why three months of maternity leave is not long enough--and how women and their partners can take control of their choices to provide for their family's emotional needs in the first three years

Being a new mom isnâ€™t easy. But with support, emotional awareness, and coping skills, it can be the most magicalâ€”and essentialâ€”work weâ€™ll ever do.
Country USA
Brand Tarcher
Manufacturer TarcherPerigee
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0143109294_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 2017-04-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143109297

Country	USA
Brand	Tarcher
Manufacturer	TarcherPerigee
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0143109294_used
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2017-04-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143109297

Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

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