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Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters
TarcherPerigee
April 2017
On Sale: April 11, 2017
288 pages ISBN: 0143109294 EAN: 9780143109297 Kindle: B01IOHQ8MY Hardcover / e-Book
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An essential guide for new moms, celebrating the importance of a motherβs presence in the first years of life 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. 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 current and cutting-edge neurobiological research on care-giving, attachment, and brain development, Being There explains: β’ How to establish emotional connection with a newborn or young child--regardless of whether you're able to pause your career to stay home β’ How to ease transitions and minimize stress for your baby or toddler β’ How to select and train quality childcare if necessary β’ What's true and false about widely held beliefs like "Babies are resilient" and βIβll make up for it when heβs olderβ β’ How to recognize and combat feelings of post-partum depression or boredom β’ 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 isnβt easy. But with support, emotional awareness, and coping skills, it can be the most magicalβand essentialβwork weβll ever do.
 Media BuzzGood Morning America - April 11, 2017
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