Claudia Schwarzlmüller

Does My Child Need Me to Lead or to Follow? (eBook, ePUB)

A Radically Simple Way to Parent Children from Infancy Through Age 6

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A #1 internationally bestselling guide by a longtime developmental psychologist whose radically simple guidance has already helped tens of thousands of parents better understand and raise their children

During the early stages of development, it can be hard to gauge what your child needs and wants, especially before they can speak. The way we view the world as adults is often very different from how children see things. One of the best ways to understand your child's behavior and support their development is to change your perspective and learn to view the world through your child's eyes.

Does My Child Need Me to Lead or to Follow? focuses on one simple but profoundly consequential and helpful idea: knowing when to lead your child, and knowing when to follow their lead. Tracking the development of a fictional child named Alex from infancy through age six, longtime expert child psychologist Claudia Schwarzlmüller takes parents through dozens of situations, helping them to understand when it's best to guide their children and when it's best to follow their children's lead.

Rather than focusing on behavioral skills (for example, how to wean your child off their pacifier), Schwarzlmüller demonstrates how parents can stimulate development of soft skills, like empathy, problem-solving, initiative, and teamwork, through her ever-at-the-ready leading and following method. In each chapter, we follow Alex and see how the child grows in four key areas: thinking and playing, emotions and relationships, movement, and language. Through her expert insights, Schwarzlmüller offers a new way of parenting that views children as their own people, rather than mini adults who must conform to our rules; builds strong relationships between parents and children; and gives children the tools and freedom they need to become emotionally resilient and independent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Experiment
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798893031072
• Artikelnr.: 75601385

Autorenporträt

Claudia Schwarzlmüller is a child psychologist who has been working with parents for over twenty years. The original edition of this book is a #1 bestseller in Germany and is being published in several other territories.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Dear Reader, Meet Alex
The Structure of This Book
1. Leading and Following
1. Interaction = Parenting + Fun
2. Moments of Following: You Follow Your Child
3. Moments of Leading: You Lead Your Child
4. Work-Life Balance for Babies and Toddlers
5. Summary
2. Your Baby
3. Development from 0-6 Months
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. Nursing
6. Sleep
4. At a Glance: 0-6 Months
5. Development from 6-12 Months
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. Sleep
6. At a Glance: 6-12 Months
6. What to Know in Year One
1. Moments of Leading in Babies
2. Moments of Following in Babies
3. Bonus Chapter: Sleep in Babies and Toddlers
7. Your Toddler
8. Development from 12-18 Months
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. At a Glance: 12-18 Months
9. Development from 18-24 Months
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. At a Glance: 18-24 Months
10. What to Know About 1-Year-Olds
1. Moments of Leading in 1-Year-Olds
2. Moments of Following in 1-Year-Olds
3. Bonus Chapter: Autonomy and Boundaries
11. From Toddler to Preschooler
12. Development at Age 2
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. At a Glance: 2-Year-Olds
13. Development at Age 3
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. At a Glance: 3-Year-Olds
14. What to Know About 2- and 3-Year-Olds
1. Moments of Leading in 2- and 3-Year-Olds
2. Moments of Following in 2- and 3-Year-Olds
3. Bonus Chapter: Emotions and Tantrums
15. FROM PRESCHOOLER TO KINDERGARTENER TO FIRST-GRADER
16. Development at Age 4
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Movement
4. Speech
5. At a Glance: 4-Year-Olds
17. Development at Ages 5 and 6
1. Thinking and Play
2. Feelings and Relationships
3. Competition
4. Movement
5. Speech
6. At a Glance: 5- and 6-Year-Olds
18. What to Know About 4- to 6-Year-Olds
19. Moments of Leading in 4- to 6-Year-Olds
20. Should I Punish My Child?
1. Moments of Following in 4- to 6-Year-Olds
21. What You Have to Look Forward To
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About the Author