Being There

Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

De: Erica Komisar, Sydny Miner

Narrado por: Wendy Tremont King

Compassionate and balanced, and focusing on the emotional health and well-being of children as well as that of the mothers who care for them, this book shows mothers and fathers how to give their children the best chance for developing into healthy and loving adults. Based on more than two decades of clinical work, established psychoanalytic theory, and the most current and cutting-edge neurobiological research on caregiving, attachment, and brain development, the book explains:

• How to establish emotional connection with a newborn or young child - regardless of whether you're able to pause your career to stay home
• How to select and train quality childcare if necessary - and how to ease transitions and minimize stress for your baby or toddler
• What's true and false about widely held beliefs like "babies are resilient" and how to combat feelings of post-partum depression or boredom
• Why three months of maternity leave is not long enough - and how women and their partners can take control of their choices to provide for their family's emotional needs in the first three years

©2017 Erica Komisar (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Changed my life.

When my child was a newborn my gut was telling me things that society wasn’t. This book validated all of my instinctual feelings, and encouraged my family to make the sacrifices we needed for the wellbeing of my child. I am so thankful for Erica’s work, this book changed my family’s life for the better. I am now a guilt free stay at home mom and my baby couldn’t be happier.

Great book

This book has a ton of information and is highly useful. I'm a first time parent, and it helped me with understanding the process of parenting in the beginning stages of life.

Amazing insight into the Strong impact that a mother has on her babies.

Mothers are important that I knew… but ….wow, this book really opened my eyes to just how STRONG the bond between mother and child is and how important it is to be in tune and truly in the moment with the child. Beautiful! I already shared with book with multiple others! Thank you for writing and sharing this book, Erica!

What I didn’t want to hear but needed to hear.

I thought this was very well researched and has a reasonable call to action: for parents to make an informed decision about prioritizing child rearing versus careers and to make a plan. We can’t have everything, all the time, all at once and that’s ok; there’s a lot of power and freedom and relief in coming to terms with that.

One of the best books on parenting.

Book would be of interest to expecting parents and actual parents. Nurturing for parents and or caregivers.

Every woman must read this book.

This book will prepare you for what it takes to prioritize your children. I've now got the confidence to put my trust in the science and make the best parenting decissions. I highly recomend Ericas book and anyone looking to help raise and save our children. If you still believe or need to believe in family values this book will give you the evidence you need to make the change nessesary to combat a narcissistic world.

great information!

great book about the impact of being present for your baby from birth to age 3. a little bit repetitive but enjoyed it nonetheless. a great book to refence or refer people to.

Must read for any new parent

This book was incredibly informative and had tips for both stay at home and working mothers. Really makes you rethink your priorities

A must for mommies!

explains how the nurturing of mothers in the first 3 years is so important and how to do it right. and, how to translate mysterious behaviors of the baby and toddler and respond healthfully and appropriately. your child is an investment, these are the beginning years that form the base programming. pay attention at this time and sow the benefits later in life!

so good!!

loved it! so many great nuggets of information. I will listen to it again for sure :)