Childhood Psychology

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle. Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness...

THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. Named...

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: How Young Minds Grow and Learn is an in-depth resource for parents, educators, and caregivers who want to understand how children think, learn, and develop during their most important years. From birth through the preschool years, a child’s brain experiences rapid growth, building the foundation for language, memory, problem-solving, creativity, and emotional regulation. This comprehensive guide explains each stage of cognitive development and provides practical strategies to support children at home, in school, and within their communities. ...

Healing from Childhood Trauma is your compassionate roadmap to understanding and transforming the wounds that shaped you. Blending trauma-informed psychology with heart-centered guidance, Lily Hart takes you on a gentle journey of self-discovery, helping you uncover how early experiences molded your attachment style, emotional habits, and sense of self-worth—and how to finally break free.

From the Author: The psychological growth of humans is the subject of this book. The objective of the book is to investigate how our early emotional and social environments influence us, as well as the challenges and advantages we face as adults as a result. This book is planned for individuals intrigued by the subjects of childrearing, youth injury, and the results of experience growing up misfortune. It is for all who wish to all the more likely grasp themselves and their general public. Development in Childhood tends to both ordinary and abnormal youngster improvement from birth through ...

This modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today, and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood. Deftly marshaling a vast array of research, Neil Postman suggests that childhood is a recent invention. But now the division between child and adult is eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into entertainment and pitches news and advertising at the intellectual level of 10-year-olds.

Post-traumatic stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, substance abuse, depression, a lack of confidence, and many other mental and physical ailments may be a result of childhood trauma you have endured. Uncovering, accepting, and healing this childhood trauma will allow you to let go of the pain, releasing yourself from the guilt, shame, and self-destruction you have been living with. This book will provide you with tools and strategies to heal your childhood trauma allowing you to live fully.

Reassuring to parents and educators, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards shows why - and how - to step away from the cult of achievement and toward a more nurturing home life full of imaginative play and love of learning. Here's the message that stressed-out parents are craving to hear: It's okay to play! In fact, it's more than just okay - it's better than drilling academics. After decades of research, scientists and child development experts have come to a clear conclusion: Play is the best way for children to learn.

Some ways of seeing the world begin as a wound. The Suture was written from that place. From the experience of carrying meaning too early, too quietly, and too alone. It speaks from inside the Ni personality, where impressions arrive before words and where inner life presses forward with a gravity that cannot be set aside. This book gives language to that gravity, drawing on Jungian typology and psychoanalytic thought while remaining anchored in what it actually feels like to live this way. Here, Ni is understood as something formed early, at the point where a child first encounters rupture...

A new, hopeful pathway to understanding children’s trauma and providing effective interventions to build healthier communities Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to...

Did your childhood feel like something you survived instead of enjoyed? Painful childhoods naturally result in many sticky obstacles to adult success, ranging from distrust in others to self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviors. Chronic family stress prompts a young brain to create deeply ingrained physical and mental habits that help survive childhood but later work against you in adulthood, often resulting in diagnoses like depression, bipolar, ADD, post-traumatic stress disorder, and Complex PTSD.

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recovery How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? Child...

A journey into the unseen emotional world of the Victorian child—where discipline shaped conscience, imagination opened secret doorways, and private feelings survived behind closed doors. This book uncovers the hidden rooms of early life and traces the origins of the modern self. A profoundly intimate history of Victorian childhood—told through the hidden emotional lives of the young. Victorian children left behind more than schoolroom recitations and moral instruction. In their diaries, sketches, bedtime fears, treasured objects, and whispered longings lie the earliest traces of the ...

The Wounds We Carry is a powerful and compassionate guide for anyone living in the long shadow of childhood trauma and Complex PTSD. Written by trauma survivor and healing advocate Emily Grace Carter, this book blends lived experience with research-backed practices to help you break free from the invisible burdens you've been carrying for years. Whether you feel stuck, overwhelmed, ashamed, or exhausted, this book will meet you where you are—with empathy, honesty, and hope.

A clear, independent, and grounded guide to one of the most influential voices in trauma, addiction, stress, and modern healthcare. Gabor Maté has changed the global conversation about trauma, addiction, childhood development, illness, compassion, and the human nervous system. His ideas are cited by therapists, teachers, activists, physicians — and millions of readers looking for language to make sense of suffering, resilience, and emotional life in the modern world. But as his influence has grown, so too has confusion, debate, and oversimplification. This book exists to bring clarity. ...

Break free from overthinking, emotional overwhelm, and the painful patterns that keep repeating in your life—even if you’ve tried everything and nothing has ever truly worked. Do you feel like a magnet for toxic partners? Do you feel like you have to hold the entire world on your shoulders? Maybe you are the one walking on eggshells, afraid to speak up because you crave approval. Or maybe you are the one snapping at your family because you feel overwhelmed and unsupported. Whether you are shrinking yourself to please others or controlling others to feel safe, the result is the same: You...

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...

What are your earliest childhood memories? Were you afraid of the dark? Can you remember a particularly embarrassing moment? Those memories - along with the words and emotions you use to describe them - hold the key to understanding the person you are today! Drawing on examples from his own life, the lives of celebrities, as well as case studies from his private practice, renowned psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman helps you apply these same techniques to uncover why you are the way you are.

Your inner child has the clues you’re looking for—and when you make them feel safe and loved, you’ll find that everything begins to fall into place. Childhood trauma can be extreme… or things so small that you might not even recognize them as traumatic. But everything that happened to you when you were a child has left its mark—and it’s still affecting you today.

Within this book, you will discover hope in regaining control of your emotions so that memories only serve as reflections of the past and no longer cause you pain. Discover how to ease yourself out of depression and release anxieties by rewiring your high-alert trauma brain. Brain chemistry changes from high cortisol levels, and science shows are directly connected to symptoms.