Parenting with Temperament in Mind

Liliana J. Lengua, PhD, is Maritz Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being, a child clinical psychologist, and mother of three children. She is internationally recognized for her research on children amp rsquo s vulnerable and resilient responses to stress, and how parenting and children amp rsquo s temperament contribute to children amp rsquo s unique responses to stress. She also researches the effects of economic disadvantage and adversity on parenting and children amp rsquo s development. She has been the principal investigator of several federally funded research projects and is the author of over 5 published papers. Visit ccfwb.uw.edu.Maria (Masha) Gartstein, PhD, is professor of psychology and director of the clinical psychology doctoral program at Washington State University. Dr. Gartstein has published over research articles focused chiefly on temperament, namely how different profiles/types change over time, and how they confer risk or protection with respect to emerging symptoms and disorders. Two major themes throughout this work are the role parenting plays in how temperament develops and the contribution of temperament to later adjustment. She has served as principal investigator for several federally funded research projects. Visit labs.wsu.edu/infant-temperament/ and follow mashagartstein for more information.

Parenting with Temperament in Mind is a brilliant, cutting-edge, scientifically informed, and practical\caregiver amp rsquo s guide to help you deeply understand your individual child and provide the attuned relational experiences needed to help them thrive. Packed with in-depth explorations of research on the innate temperament that helps shape the emerging personality of our kids, this important book amp rsquo s scientist-parent authors have created a work that combines the best of empirically validated approaches to tailoring our parenting approaches with the effective skills studies have shown to work. Your parenting and your children will be greatly enhanced by soaking in Lengua and Gartstein amp rsquo s practical everyday wisdom. - Daniel J. Siegel, MD; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA; Clinical Professor Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, University of Los Angeles, CA (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United States; New York Times Bestselling Author, Personality and Wholeness in Therapy, The Developing Mind Lengua and Gartstein have written a most informative guide for parents about how to effectively recognize and address various temperament styles in their young children. Replete with both practical advice and the evidence-base underlying their recommendations, these two scientist-practitioners have produced a volume that belongs in every home with young children. Highly recommended!- Robert J. McMahon, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Professor Emeritus and B.C. Leadership Chair in Reducing Violence Among Youth, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada This book goes well beyond a list of children amp rsquo s temperament traits and ways parents can effectively adapt to their child amp rsquo s traits. The book, by clinical psychologists well-known for their research on child development, offers up-to-date insights on the foundations of children amp rsquo s personalities and wise advice on a mindful parenting approach to preventing and managing child behavior problems. Parents who read it will gain richer and more effective ways of being with their children, and clinicians working with families of children with behavior problems will also gain useful ideas from it.- John E. Bates, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States The authors of this book successfully merge together their expertise as researchers, clinicians, and, as importantly, as parents. The result is a book that makes the scientific foundation of children's temperament accessible to parents and provides numerous practical strategies for parenting children with challenging temperaments. - Sandee McClowry, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; RN, FAAN; Developer of NEW INSIGHTS Into Children's Temperament Written by two well-recognized experts, this book deftly merges the research on temperament and child rearing in a readily accessible way that will enable parents to tailor and personalize an approach that their children will benefit from immensely.- Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH; George Adkins Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Investigator, Center for Child Health, Behavior & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute; Editor in Chief, JAMA Pediatrics

• Introduction: Tailoring Your Parenting to Your Children's TemperamentPart I. Understanding Temperament and ParentingChapter . What Is Temperament?Chapter 2. Temperament Characteristics and BehaviorsChapter 3. Brain and Body Systems Underlying TemperamentChapter 4. Core Parenting PrinciplesPart II. Parenting With Your Children's Temperament in MindChapter 5. The Fearful or Fearless ChildChapter . The Easily Frustrated ChildChapter 7. The Impulsive ChildChapter 8. The Inflexible ChildPart III. The Core Parenting PrinciplesChapter 9. Be PresentChapter . Be WarmChapter . Be BalancedChapter 2. Be ConsistentChapter 3. Being Consistent with Common ChallengesAfterword: Building Social and Emotional Competence, Joy, and Well-BeingReferencesAppendix A: Child Temperament Assessment Appendix B: Parenting Self-Reflection