Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

“Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell have quite deftly managed to translate highly complex neuroscientific and psychological matters into lay strategies for effective parenting.” —Marilyn B. Benoit, M.D., former president, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

“Parenting from the Inside Out is a must-have for any parent…. I gave a friend of mine a copy and she said, ‘This book is changing my life. I like my kids again.’” —Gwyneth Paltrow, Goop.com

“Together Siegel and Hartzell delicately peel back the many layers of parenting to reveal the pure nature of the relationship at its core.” —Neal Halfon, M.D., MPH, professor of pediatrics, UCLA; director, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities, and coeditor, Child Rearing in America

In this bestselling classic, child psychiatrist and coauthor of The Whole-Brain Child, Daniel J. Siegel and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Illuminating important research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel and Hartzell explain how the parent-child relationship directly affects brain development, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories to help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Drawing on Siegel’s cutting-edge research on how communication influences brain development with Hartzell’s more than forty years’ experience as a child development specialist and parent educator, Parenting from the Inside Out guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.

Disclaimer: This audio edition of Parenting from the Inside Out includes the new preface written by the authors’ for the tenth anniversary edition. However, the audiobook is based upon the first edition of the work published in 2003, not the updated and revised edition of the book.