Nature Meets Nurture

Science-Based Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids (APA Life Tools Series)

By: Stacey N. Doan PhD, Jessica L. Borelli PhD

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Every parent has pondered "nature vs. nurture" questions. How much of my child's personality and behavior is inborn? How much is learned? This important book, written by behavioral scientists who are also mothers, has answers.

This book offers the best parenting practices to foster resilience by encouraging children's social-emotional development and adaptive stress-regulation strategies. The authors translate scientific research into concrete, actionable tips and recommendations to help promote the emotional wellbeing of both child and parent.

Authors Stacey N. Doan and Jessica Borelli offer a science-based framework to help show parents and guardians how biology and parenting work together. Although genetics are significant, DNA is not destiny. Parenting still matters, deeply. Cutting-edge epigenetics research and other recent scientific insights are explained to show that biology and parenting behavior are integrally intertwined.

Increasingly competitive schools, looming threats of climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic have sent many parents' anxiety spiraling out of control. This affects their kids, creating a recurring cycle of stress and worry. This book is here to help.

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amazing book for parents and researchers

Listening to this book was a deeply rewarding experience for me, especially as a psychology student and someone who hopes to become a parent one day. I was particularly moved by the mention of the orphanage study from Saint Petersburg, Russia, conducted by a department I had the privilege of working with.

Anecdotal, just ask a friend and skip this book

I, jenniferboulder, did not find this helpful. A few clinic studies are referenced, but I didn't need this book to find them.