Dimensions
140 x 214 x 18mm
The Nine Signals Infants Use to Express Their Feelings.
In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and clinical researcher Dr Paul Holinger decodes for parents the nine easily identifiable expressions that are hard-wired into every human being.
They fuss, gurgle, whine, and cry, and communication of any sort with babies usually seems like an exercise in futility. But according to Dr Holinger, who has been studying children and their emotions for virtually his entire career, parents can communicate with their infants - this book explains how.
Dr Holinger shows readers that children are born with the ability to express themselves using nine innate signals: interest, enjoyment, surprise, distress, anger, fear, shame, disgust, and dissmell (an aversion to unpleasant odours).
By discussing how to recognise and respond to each signal, this guide offers a means for parents to understand their child's emotional world and how to establish a closer bond. The result can mean not only a child who is better prepared for what life has in store, but also a parent who is more confident and self-aware.
Based on the latest research, and written in a voice that is straightforward and encouraging, this book puts the joy back into parenting.
