After the success of the book O Cérebro da Criança, another indispensable translation for fathers, mothers, educators and caregivers arrives in Brazil: For a Happy Childhood, by Catherine Gueguen. The French pediatrician shares the most recent discoveries in neuroscience and raises a flag in favor of healthy child development through respectful emotional relationships.
While the work of Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, also published by nVersos Editora, explores the nuances of brain circuits, For a Happy Childhood goes further and highlights the crucial importance of affectionate interactions from the first years of life. With an enlightening approach, the doctor emphasizes how empathic interactions shape both the emotional evolution and cognitive advancement of children, especially during early childhood.
Through clinical examples, Catherine reveals how a positive environment from conception to around 6 to 7 years of age impacts the development of brain regions crucial for emotional and relational skills. It also rejects “ordinary educational violence” (VEO), present in family education in most countries and which has long-lasting negative impacts proven by science.
Scientific studies, such as the work of Akemi Tomoda from Harvard University, highlight that “corrections” affect the brain and can even reduce the volume of gray matter in the prefrontal region, crucial for the development of social life. The solution? Adopt positive parenting, a parenting model that prioritizes the child’s integral development, respects their rights and needs, provides love, security, guidance, recognition, limits and autonomy, without resorting to coercive or punitive methods.
About the author:
Catherine Gueguen has been a pediatrician for 27 years at the Franco-British Hospital, located in Levallois-Perret, France. She specializes in parental support, with training in haptonomy (bonding through physical contact) and non-violent communication. She gives conferences and leads working groups on supporting children’s education from a neuroscience perspective for doctors, psychologists, educators and doulas. She became a world reference in the area of education and childhood after the success of the book Pour une child bonne.
Datasheet:
Title: For a Happy Childhood
Subtitle: A new education according to recent discoveries about the human brain
Author: Catherine Gueguen
Translator: Barbara Barbalat
Publisher: nVersos Editora
ISBN: 978-65-87904-29-0
Format: 14×21 cm
Pages: 280
Price: R$ 69.90
