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

by Graham Music

This new edition of the bestselling text, Nurturing Natures , provides an indispensable synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge about children’s emotional development. Integrating a wealth of both up-to-date and classical research from areas such as attachment theory, neuroscience, developmental psychology and cross-cultural studies, it weaves these into an accessible, enjoyable text that always keeps in mind children recognisable to academics, practitioners and parents. New to this edition, the book considers transgender issues, same-sex parenting, experiences of black and minority ethnic groups, well-being and the impact of mental health in relation to climate change anxiety. It looks at key developmental stages from life in the womb to the preschool years and right up until adolescence, examining how children develop language, play and memory and moral capacities. Issues of nature and nurture are addressed and the effects of different kinds of early experiences are unpicked, creating a coherent and balanced view of the developing child in context. Nurturing Natures is written by an experienced child therapist who has used a wide array of research from different disciplines to create a highly readable and scientifically trustworthy text. Equipped with key takeaways, reflection questions, further reading and online video chapter introductions, this book is essential reading for childcare students, teachers, social workers, health visitors, early years practitioners and those training or working in child counselling, psychiatry, and mental health. 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.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction

458 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