Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children's Emotional, Sociocultural and Brain Development

by Graham Music

This book provides an indispensable account of current understandings of children’s emotional development. Integrating the latest research findings from areas such as attachment theory, neuroscience and developmental psychology, it weaves these into a readable and easy-to-digest text. It provides a tour of the most significant influences on the developing child, always bearing in mind the family and social context. It looks at key developmental stages, from life in the womb to the pre-school years and right up until adolescence, whilst also examining how we develop key capacities such as language, play and memory. Issues of nature and nurture are addressed and the effects of different kinds of early experiences are unpicked, looking at both individual children and larger-scale longitudinal studies. Psychological ideas and research are carefully integrated with those from neurobiology and understandings from other cultures to create a coherent and balanced view of the developing child in context. Nurturing Natures integrates a wide array of complex academic research from different disciplines to create a book that is not only highly readable but also scientifically trustworthy. Full of fascinating findings, it provides answers to many of the questions people really want to ask about the human journey from conception into adulthood. Visit Graham Music's personal site at

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2010

Reviews

[YN · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Enjoyed the earlier chapters on brain activation and hormones, but the latter chapters felt a bit repetitive as mostly surrounds early upbringing and attachment styles

[Deniz · Rating 5 out of 5]

A true masterpiece! I acquired it in July as a supplementary bibliography for my studies in developmental psychology. It served as a highly useful guidebook. It's a work that can be revisited many times. The book encompasses a wide range of topics, discussions, and ideas related to almost all fields of psychology.

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

A+, an excellent book. I found it to be a page-turner, when I had the time to read. I didn’t want to put it down. The information presented here may be of great service to those with young children.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

An informative and helpful book to assist my CYP studies. There are elements of the narrative which were inspiring to explore the references. And others which channelled into a need to be self reflective. It was tricky to use critical analysis as it was well written and passionate. I’ll have this on my bookshelf for some time to come.

[Catarina Falk-cerri · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good but hard read