Journal d'un bébé

by Daniel N. Stern

Si j'ai imagine ce journal, c'est afin de repondre aux questions que tout le monde se pose sur la vie interieure d'un petit enfant. Que se passe-t-il dans son esprit, lorsqu'il contemple votre visage, qu'il regarde un simple rayon de soleil sur le mur ou les barreaux de son lit ? Que ressent-il quand il a faim ? Quand il tete ? Quand vous jouez face a face ? Qu'eprouve-t-il, separe de vous ? Voila plus de trente ans que je reflechis a ces questions et que je tente d'en trouver les reponses. J'ai passe une grande partie de ces annees a cotoyer des bebes. En tant que pere de famille, j'ai vecu avec cinq d'entre eux. En tant que specialiste de pedopsychiatrie, je me suis preoccupe de leurs relations avec leurs parents. En tant que chercheur, enfin, j'en ai observe et etudie le developpement. D.N.S. Entreprise inegalee a ce jour, Journal d'un bebe est, a juste titre, considere comme l'un des livres les plus importants pour comprendre la psychologie du tres jeune enfant. Psychiatre, professeur et praticien de reputation internationale, Daniel N. Stern est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages qui font reference. Il a notamment publie La Naissance d'une mere, en collaboration avec sa femme, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, et Le Moment present en psychotherapie.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction, Child Psychology, Education, Read For School

215 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[howl of minerva]

Sort of Phenomenology of Geist meets child development. How does a baby's consciousness and personality develop? How much do they understand without a language and then as they gradually acquire one? Necessarily speculative but enjoyable and thought-provoking.

[Corina T]

This was.... something.

[David]

An intriguing, if not exactly gripping, exploration of the world from an infant's perspective at several different ages. The early stuff is most exciting: how a baby without a sense of either his identity and his mother's perceives hunger and satiation (he doesn't understand that the noise that freaks him out is his own cry, for example)...it's a neat attempt to use the latest research to re-create the world of a pre-linguistic person, although at (many) times the author's metaphors as he attempts to do so feel more than a little hokey. Still, as a new parent, this really gave me a valuable perspective.

[Kathy]

FIrst of all, Daniel Stern was an unmitigated genius; a total package. Left brain/right brain - science and art in symbiotic perfection. The title presents as a book for parents, in truth it's about all of us. How we develop and become ourselves. It is poetic and profound; so incredibly moving. A wonderful way to explain theory in the captivating story of "Joey" the baby from 6 weeks to 4 years old.

[Marco Innamorati]

Si tratta della versione divulgativa delle idee sullo sviluppo infantile esposte da Stern in Il mondo interpersonale del bambino, ma in qualche modo contiene già temi che saranno sviluppati poi nei libri successivi: La costellazione materna, Il momento presente, Le forme vitali.
Stern descrive “in prima persona” alcuni brevi momenti della vita di un bambino immaginario, cui dà il nome di Joey: a sei settimane, quattro mesi e mezzo, dodici mesi, due anni e quattro anni. Il che corrisponde allo sviluppo dei sensi del Sé: emergente, nucleare, soggettivo, verbale e narrativo.
Accanto al divulgatore, emerge anche uno Stern poeta dell’esperienza infantile.

[Klara]

Reading this book felt like a chore 90% of the time and I am truly happy I am finished. The metaphors, especially in the first half of the book, were confusing and unhelpful. The second half of the book seemed to be more gripping, albeit I am saying this with exaggeration. I liked the premise of the book and there were parts that I found genuinely interesting too. I guess I just didn’t ‘vibe’ with the writing style.

[Kiki]

As I recall, this wasn't absolutely brilliant, but it was useful. Trying to see the world from someone else's point of view is always valuable. Trying to see it from the POV of someone who's completely in your power and is incapable of even understanding that they have a POV of their own, much less explaining it to you, is imperative.

[Molly]

A fascinating take on what a baby possibly perceives and feels from an infant psychologist at Cornell University Medical Center-New York Hospital. Not a parenting guide at all (thankfully), but one professional's map of a very young child's emotional "mindscape."

[Razmuzeta]

Meh..some useful info amongst a lot of unnecessary words. Don't recommend.

[Rodrigo Pinillos Osnayo]

Seguramente para los especialistas, los versados y los padres experimentados, puede resultar una lectura grata e interesante. Yo lo leí en plan futuro padre primerizo, y si bien encontré algunas ideas muy importantes sobre el desarrollo de un niño, la manera de plantearlo narrativamente se me hizo muy pesada, lenta y farragosa: quizás debí abordar primero algunos textos académicos sobre psicología de desarrollo, antes de entrar en este título en especial.

[David]

I never finished this book. It just did not hold my interest. It did help me consider and imagine the point of view of a new born baby but it was completely hetero-normative. Since we are a family of two dads the scenes about a new born baby pining for breast milk from their mother were kind of annoying. I would be less annoyed if it was not trying to paint some kind of universal picture of baby's minds but the tone was completely normative rather than personal.

[Jess]

Nach nun 3 Jahren endlich beendet. Zu Beginn fand ich die Idee in einen Säugling hineinzuhören und seine Gedanken auf Papier zu bringen sehr spannend. Ab einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt kommt die psychoanalytische Sichtweise zum Vorschein und lässt für eine der Verhaltenstherapie angehörigen Person eher lächerlich klingen.
Deshalb nur 3 Sterne. Immerhin habe ich es nicht abgebrochen.

[Dakota Stein]

It was pretty good. I enjoyed it and found it to be really helpful for life span development. There are things in there that I was surprised at or at least the book made me think about things that we don't really think about when it comes to children's development. This book could he seen more as a resource but also is a fun read where you get to learn something new.

[Katrin]

It wasn't the google translate of one's child as you might of hoped, but it did give an interesting insight of what might be going on inside that sweet little head. Liked the full list of useful books and articles to dig deeper for further details.

[Ily]

"Il contatto di sguardi rappresenta in effetti un mondo a parte: guardare negli occhi una persona e venirne ricambiati è un'esperienza unica; sembra di riuscire a percepire la vita mentale dell'altro."
(Daniel Stern)

[Robert A. Renix]

Insightful and engaging

This book offers and insight into how infants experience the world and develop into children. There are useful connections if behavior to help understand adult learners. It’s with the read.

[Ana Lúcia]

O maravilhoso diário de um bebé!

[Karina Scott]

A fictional journal of a newborn’s experience. Stern discusses the developmental milestones and possibilities of a child’s experiences. He explores at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 4 weeks.

[Sour Worm]

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[Antela Camblor Murube]

Recomiendo este libro tanto a papás y mamás, como a profesionales sanitarios. Es bonito saber la importancia y la relevancia de la "experiencia" en el desarrollo cognitivo-motor de un niño.

[Lauren Herzfeld]

3.5

[Alina Grigore]

At times delirious at times some good information, i am sure there are better and more scientific books on this topic out there.

[Carla]

illustration du développement de la vie psychique

[Kira]

I enjoyed this! Not everything resonated, but it definitely gave me new perspective.

*Read for my Masters in Somatic Psychology!

[Lynn]

Twenty years on, this book stays with me. A fascinating look at life from the infant’s perspective.

[Brittany]

My old lady coworker whom I really like gave this to me so I felt like I had to read it but it was not good or interesting to me.

[Sheziss]

"It's only light on the floor. You can't eat this sunshine".

About how we stopped licking sunshines.

[Raluca Lupasteanu (Gramschi)]

Mi-a placut ideea cu un jurnal al bebelusului si cum ar putea vedea el experiente specifice la 4-5 varste diferite.
Autorul foloseste prea multe metafore pentru gustul meu, care fac unele pasaje greu de parcurs si inteles.
De altfel, continutul e prezentat structurat, la fiecare pas iti explica ce urmeaza sa citesti.

[Erika Barrington]

As many classmates agree, his vignettes where he tries to put the reader in the eyes of the baby felt kinda creepy. Seems to me like he had a secret dream of being a poet. So each chapter is like - he writes some bad poetry/prose, then he explains his bad poetry/prose. However. Though some of the vignettes made me feel slimy inside (probably the breast-feeding one most), they are indeed vivid, and so I will totally remember how a baby sorts out the world in the first few months of life.

[Romysh]

When I picked up this book, I was worried that it would be quite outdated. That was not the case, though. I think Stern provides a very interesting take on the mind of a baby. I found the writing from the point of the child quite strange. It spolit otherwise a decent book.
Does he help me to understand what infants think a little better? I think so. It is an easy read so would recommend to every parent.