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The nurture revolution : grow your baby's brain and transform their mental health through the art of nurtured parenting / Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD.

by Kirshenbaum, Greer, author.

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New York : Balance, 2024.

Nurturing behavior.

Child mental health.

9781538709344 (paperback) :

1538709341 (paperback) :

xxviii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

First trade paperback edition

Introduction: Welcome to the nurture revolution -- A season for nurture -- Babies need to borrow your brain -- Nurtured nature -- Superpowers of the parent brain -- How to nurture -- When your baby is calm and alert: Nurturing through connection -- When your baby is crying, clinging, withdrawn, or melting down: Nurturing stress -- When your baby is drowsy and sleeping: Nurturing sleep -- How to nurture your changing parent brain -- Conclusion: A nurtured future to revolutionize mental health.

"Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD. is a neuroscientist, doula, and parent. Her work began the goal of developing new treatments for poor mental health; she dreamed of creating a new medication to address conditions like anxiety, depression, addiction, and chronic stress. Over time, she realized that science had already uncovered a powerful medicine for alleviating mental health struggles, but the answer wasn't a pill. It was a preventative approach: when babies receive nurturing care in the first three years of life, it builds strong, resilient brains -- brains that are less susceptible to poor mental health. How can parents best set their children up for success? In this revelatory book, Kirshenbaum makes plain that nurture is a preventative medicine against mental health issues. She challenges the idea that the way to cultivate independence is through letting babies cry it out or sleep alone; instead, the way to raise a confident, independent child is to lean into your instincts as a parent. Hold your infant as much as you want. Check on them when they cry, share beds with them, maintain skin-to-skin contact--and this is backed-up by science, which shows that nurturing experiences transforms lives, and improves mental health, physical health, and life outcomes. Nurturing is a gift of resilience and health that parents can give the next generation simply by following their instincts to care for their young"-- Provided by publisher.

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