Parenting from the Inside Out: how a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive (Mindful Parenting)

Parenting from the Inside Out: how a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive is an updated edition of a well-known parenting classic by child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel and early-childhood expert Mary Hartzell. It considers a familiar concern for many parents: noticing yourself repeating the same words and patterns you experienced growing up, and wondering whether you are bound to make the same mistakes.

Drawing on findings in neurobiology and attachment research, the authors explore how childhood experiences can shape the way we parent. They describe how interpersonal relationships influence brain development and set out a step-by-step approach to building a deeper understanding of your own life story, with the aim of supporting compassionate and resilient children. The book brings together Siegel’s neuroscience research with Hartzell’s 30 years’ experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, focusing on foundations for secure and loving relationships with children.

Key details

• Tenth-anniversary edition
• Includes a new preface by the authors
• Incorporates the latest research from the field
• By Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
• Series: Mindful Parenting

Synopsis

The authors examine how early experiences can influence parenting in later life. Using research in neurobiology and attachment, they explain the role of relationships in brain development and provide a step-by-step method for understanding personal life stories. This approach is presented as a way to create secure, loving relationships and to help raise compassionate and resilient children.