From in-utero bonding through the challenges and joys of consciously interacting with your child, this book will help you rediscover and apply the natural art of conscious parenting.
by Jeffrey L. Fine, Ph.D., with Dalit Fine, M.S.
Our first days and months of life are critical in forming the attitudes we bring into adulthood and in structuring the very roots of our personality.
Simple bonding techniques — long forgotten in our modern world but stemming from the age-old customs of indigenous peoples — are at the core of a new model of conscious parenting that can produce happy and well-adjusted children.
These practices also help parents experience an increased joy and intimacy, both with their child and with each other. Based on obstetric and psychological evidence, the authors reveal how bonding begins in utero and that the physical and mental preparation of both the father and mother, even before conception, set the tone for the future well-being of the child.
They show how sustained physical contact and simple ways of consciously interacting with your infant — eye contact with the newborn, baby-wearing instead of stroller use, and co-sleeping — have an observable positive effect.
They also show that the “green parenting” practices of breast-feeding, contact with nature and simple low-tech creative play not only provide a more hands-on and intimate approach to parenting, but also are more economical and environmentally sustainable.
From in-utero bonding through the challenges and joys of consciously interacting with your growing child, this book will help parents rediscover and apply the natural art of conscious parenting.
$16.95 — Healing Arts Press, One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 28, Number 6, December 2009/January 2010.
April 15, 2012
Book review