Why love matters - Sue Gerhardt

Essential reading based on evidence based research rather than old wives tales. Read this and you wont think super nanny or controlled crying or other such nonsense is in the best interests of your baby. An essential read for parents with young babies.

This is a really interesting book and might help to explain why some adults you know are as they are! A word of caution to new parents though - there is enough to beat yourself up about when you have a new baby without worrying that you're damaging your childs emotional development - this may not be the best read if you've found the life change all a bit over whelming. Read it before the birth or once you've got to grips with your new addition.

This book should be compulsory reading. As a mother of 3 teenagers, a teacher of children with ebd and a play therapist and with number 4 due in 2 weeks, it is the clearest book I have read on the importance of a child's emotional wellbeing and the effect that has on the development of the brain. I couldnt put this book down, even though there were elements of it that made me question both my previous parenting and teaching. This book says it how it is!

Amazing book. How brain connections are formed in the first three years of life, how to and the importance of forming healthy attachments with the baby and what unhealthy ones ( attachments ) look like. Literally why love is so important for a baby and how love helps the baby to develop to their full potential, especially as the first three years are the most vital for forming emotionally healthy children.

I read it from the middle first and then the beginning as the beginning first felt like it might be hard work. It wasnt though. I love this book and recommend it for all potential and existing parents.