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Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
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Raising Happy Healthy Children
Why Mothering Matters
Sally Goddard Blythe
Raising Happy Healthy Children © 2017 Sally Goddard Blythe.
Sally Goddard Blythe is hereby identified as the author of this work in accordance with section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act, 1988. She asserts and gives notice of her moral right under this Act.
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eISBN 978-1-912480-32-6
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Foreword to previous edition What Babies and Children Really Need
1. Introduction
First Love
2. Conception and Society: The Politics of Fertility
Evolution in Reverse/Retreat: Hereditary Influences
Age of the Mother
Increasing Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
Social Impact on the Mother of Delayed Motherhood
In a Nutshell
3. Does Early Development Matter?
Prenatal Factors
Prenatal Influences
Family History
Pregnancy
Prolonged and Excessive Vomiting (Hyperemesis)
High Blood Pressure
Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
Gestational Diabetes
Incompetent Cervix
Maternal Stress
Threatened Miscarriage
Teratogens Known to Cause Human Birth Defects
Smoking
Cocaine
Marijuana
Heroin
X-rays and Exposure Radiation
Exposure to Other Sources of Radiation
Multiple Ultrasounds
Nutrition
Exercise During Pregnancy
Risk Factors in Perspective
In a Nutshell
4. Events Surrounding Birth
Onset of Labour
Benefits of a Natural Birth
Time to be Born
Pre-term Birth
Factors Leading up to Birth
The Process of Delivery
Midwives, Helpers, and Hospital Birth
Induced Labour
Separation at Birth
Low Birth Weight
Long-term Effects of Premature Birth
Post-Mature Birth
Birth in Perspective
In a Nutshell
5. Events Following Birth – Risk Factors
The INPP Screening Questionnaire
The Questionnaire
Events after Birth – Looking Behind the Questions What Might the Questions Reveal?
Later Childhood – Developmental Indicators
Schooling
Scoring the INPP Questionnaire
In a Nutshell
6. Breastfeeding
Advantages of Breastfeeding for the Baby
Breastfeeding and Fatty Acids
Fatty Acids and Brain Development
Mechanisms of Breastfeeding
The Technological Revolution
Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Baby
Infant Feeding and Obesity
Benefits to the Mother
Contra-indications to Breastfeeding
Obstacles to Breastfeeding
In a Nutshell
7. Movement Instinct
Why Does Movement Matter to Your Child?
Reflexes – Reflections on the Inner World of the Developing Child
Reflexes – Training for Life
Rooting and Sucking Reflexes
Babkin and Palmomental Reflexes
Palmar and Plantar Reflexes
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex
Innate Processes and Modern Mothering Practices
Tummy Time
Playtime on the Back
Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR)
Vestibular Stimulation
Tonic Labyrinthine and Moro Reflexes
Why is the Development of Balance so Important?
Infants – Explorers of Space
In a Nutshell
8. Language Instinct
Mimetic Aspects of Language
The Importance of Interaction
The Nature of Sound
The Significance of Background Noise
First Sounds
Matching Sounds to Gestures
Communication of Affect
Factors Which Can Affect Mother–Child Interaction
Stages of Language Development
What Are the Implications of These Pre-language Milestones for Parent-Child Interaction?
Music, Reading, and Writing
Visualisation and the Emotional Aspects of Language
Reading Aloud
Putting the Pieces Together
Look Who is Talking
Music is More than a Pretty Tune
In a Nutshell
9. Building on the First Year: The Neuroscience Behind Regulation of Emotions
Emotional Development
Social Factors Affecting Motherhood
Choices about Childcare
The Nursery and Childcare Debate
Neurological Effects of Early Separation, Neglect, or Abuse
The Limbic System
Cerebral Cortex
Hierarchy of Mechanisms Involved in the Stress Response
Tips for Daily Living
In a Nutshell
10. Factors Parents Can Control
The Role of Discipline in Establishing Self-regulation
Parenting Styles
Being a Consistent Parent
Mealtimes Matter
Modelling
Reciprocal Emotion
The Changing Face of Child’s Play
Impact of the Electronic Media
TV Time in Childhood
Frequency of Human Brain Waves and Associated States of Arousal
In a Nutshell
11. From Toddlers to Teens: Why Parenting Matters
Rough-and-tumble Play
Why Children Need Fathers
Teenagers – the Chrysalis Period
What Has Changed in the Environment in Which Teenagers Grow Up?
In a Nutshell
12. What Needs to be Done?
A Litany of Needs for the Parents of Tomorrow and the Children of Today
Charter for Childhood
The A, B, C, of Children’s Needs – Only a Beginning
‘The Hand that Rocks the Cradle’
Resources
Bibliography
Index
God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers .
Jewish proverb
This book is in praise of all mothers, past and present.
It is especially for mothers in the future.
Dedication
For my daughter
Acknowledgements
Sarah Buckley for permission to use sections from here and here of her book Gentle birth, gentle mothering on the effects of caesarean birth.
Dr Peter Blythe for permission to publish an amended version of The Blythe– McGlown Screening Questionnaire for OBD (1979).
To Martin Large for time spent in discussion, his gentle suggestions, faith in the proposal for this book and confidence in a new edition; to Claire Percival for her unending patience in answering all my questions and meeting my requests; Marije Rowling for drawing and re-drawing babies in different positions; to Richard House for his detailed attention to the content of the first edition of this book and making it infinitely more readable; to all others at Hawthorn Press whose silent work has gone into the planning, design, and marketing of this book.
To all the children and their families who gave permission to use photographs from their personal albums to illustrate stages of motor development: Zoe, Gabriella, Natao, Valentin, Robbie, Julia, James, Henry, William, and Roque.
To Belinda Barnes, founder of the Foresight organisation for pre-conceptual care, who spent only half a day with me nearly 30 years ago but who has influenced my thinking ever since on the importance of preparing the ground for every human life.
To Dr Ursula Anderson and Professor Mary Waller for taking the time to read the first draft of the original manuscript, for their detailed comments, corrections, clarifications, and ideas and for additional information and reference sources, which have been inserted into the final version, and for the work they have each done over many years in making the lives of children better.
To Sue Palmer for writing the original Foreword to this book, for her books, and for being a tireless activist in bringing people together to help society recognise that children are our future and the rewards of a materialistic society are not necessarily what children need.
To Marie Peacock ( www.mothersathomematter.co.uk ) for bringing a new Foreword to the second edition, placing the material in a fresh context.
Foreword
In meeting rooms up and down the country, in medical practices and schools, as well as policymaking circles nationally and locally, there’s a great deal of concern about children and young people’s well-being.
Other childhood issues are also hotly debated in policymaking, for example the expansion of childcare provision, the importance of a father’s influence and involvement, the education system, and impact of screen-based technology. Curiously there’s little or no focus on the rapidly changing world of mothers and the need to properly value, respect and protect the vital work of nurturing children. In today’s socio-economic climate mothers often don’t have the time and resources they need to mother. Mothering-time has been squeezed out in the name of ‘progress’ and chasing growth; however, despite households working longer hours, this hasn’t led to more prosperity for all, far from it. Children often absorb the tensions experienced by their parents, and are worried about the stress their parents are under in trying to do it all. There’s little room for the currency of love – time .
This is a book that explains why mothering matters probably more than ever, not just for children, but for all of us. Sally Goddard Blythe takes us on a journey from conception to the teenage years, exploring human biology, physical and emotional health, our response to the environment around us, what makes us tick and the impact on our bodies of exposure to stress. Above all she looks for possible answers and action points, and it is significant that the book ends with a chapter entitled ‘What needs to be done?’ This includes the need for better understanding from the teens upwards about the kind of environment and relationships children need to thrive and be healthy.
Whether your interest in this book is fr