https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:59:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100360 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:26:43 +0000 mamimami 1100360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: Well, in a nutshell he focuses on boy psychology and development, boy parenting, etc. (I heard him speak in person and I am platonically obsessed in love LOL.) He talks a lot about how we think boys are tough and we should raise them as such, but in reality there is so much going on with them emotionally speaking. Seems like they may need that emotional, warm parenting even more than we think girls do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100356 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:24:22 +0000 MrsKoala 1100356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, that was fascinating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100292 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:57:10 +0000 Happygal 1100292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamiMami: very interesting! I want to read more about that. What more did he have to say about that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100267 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:41:36 +0000 mamimami 1100267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On a somewhat related note, in "Raising Cain" by Michael Thompson, he cites studies that showed that IN GENERAL in this type of experiment, with younger babies, after awhile the girls sort of move on and do their own thing, and the boys become more and more hysterical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100189 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 06:52:11 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1100189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great post. You can also look up epigenetics to learn more about how genes are switched on and off due to prenatal and postnatal stressors.</p> <p>The info I learned really pushed our family to avoid CIO and practice attachment parenting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100095 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 02:27:54 +0000 Kimberlybee 1100095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: Thank you so much, great info to read about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1100016 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:02:12 +0000 Espion 1100016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: I don't know any specifically, because it is not my area; however, the website for the AAP's Early Brain and Child Development has professional resources and research publications as reference: <a href="http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/EBCD/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/EBCD/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>This is a good explanation of some of the science: <a href="http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/EBCD/Pages/The-Science.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/EBCD/Pages/The-Science.aspx</a> </p> <p>This is a presentation on toxic stress (the chronic neglectful stress the video was talking about): <a href="http://www.healthychildcare.org/PDF/ToxicStressPPT.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.healthychildcare.org/PDF/ToxicStressPPT.pdf</a><br /> (SUPER annoying presentation slides design-wise, but the accompanying mp4 is on the website and many of the slides are similar to the lecture I heard this week.)</p> <p>And here is an interesting read about how important it is to read to your kids according to their developmental stages. (The author worked with the physician from the video):<br /> <a href="http://www.navsaria.com/home/document-library/dormouse.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.navsaria.com/home/document-library/dormouse.pdf</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1099500 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:43:14 +0000 Happygal 1099500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen this done before--can't remember if it was the same researcher, but the video I saw was older. In the video I watched, the baby started to drool, look at his hand, do everything he could to get the mom to smile again, hiccup. He was so upset that he was losing bodily control.</p> <p>Thank you for sharing! I also love early childhood development. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1099439 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:28:27 +0000 Kimberlybee 1099439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: I really want to read more about this. Any authors that you would recommend that has written about this interesting study? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1099096 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:01:22 +0000 Espion 1099096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: The speaker was Dr. Dipesh Navsaria...he gave a very compelling presentation! What really blew my mind was the comparison between a "normal" child and a chronically neglected child. The brain development is severely stunted in the neglected child. So much that centers for decision-making, impulsiveness, memory and attention are affected. Sounds like a little like ADHD! He said he believes ADHD exists; however, how much inattentiveness and wild behavior is due to delayed and blunted social interaction? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098929 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:04:59 +0000 Kimberlybee 1098929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for posting about this! I felt so bad &amp; worried for the baby in the demo. This is so interesting. I also like to follow the studies about nature verses nurture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098874 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:40:42 +0000 deerylou 1098874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good share! My child is only two months old, but I can tell how stressed she becomes when she starts to cry, and I'm not readily available to respond with eye contact, soothing words, and touch. She will often increase the volume of her cries, look around more frantically, and arch her back. </p> <p>Watching that baby struggle with the stone-faced mom was difficult! I was definitely starting to feel stressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098852 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:32:10 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1098852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing this! My Master's is in Early Childhood Development and it's a crazy time of growth and shapes so much of a person's childhood/adult life. The research on stress and brain development in children is really interesting. NPR had a segment about it on This American Life awhile ago &amp; it was super interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098285 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:19:37 +0000 googly-eyes 1098285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great post! Attachment, interaction, &amp; responsiveness are so important! Not that the HB mamas need to be told it but like you said, this is a great thing to share with others...proof! Eventually babies stop trying which is so sad. :( </p> <p>If you've ever heard of Genie, she is a girl whose case is very extreme but shows how important all this is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098082 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:46:05 +0000 hilsy85 1098082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen that demonstration during psychology classes--it's very interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098069 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:43:07 +0000 blackbird 1098069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. This was super interesting. How does she have that stone face?! I could never hold a stern look </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098046 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:34:54 +0000 Adira 1098046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG, I almost cried watching this!!! I was so relieved when she started interacting with the baby again! And I have noooooo idea how she kept a straight face for so long!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1098032 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:32:56 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1098032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll comment again when I have more time, but I loved this post. The video was so compelling - I was so uncomfortable when the mom stopped interacting. You can just tell how upset and hurt the child is :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1097996 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:25:24 +0000 Espion 1097996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ETA: I was SO RELIEVED when she interacted with the baby again. I was thisclose to tears during the lecture! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-childhood-development#post-1097973 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:21:39 +0000 Espion 1097973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to an absolutely fascinating lecture the other day about early brain development. It was aimed at pediatricians (I'm not a pediatrician) and the main points were really about the vicious cycle of poverty and what happens when children are stressed. (Good stress, bad but finite stress, and bad ongoing stress.) </p> <p>A couple things struck me, such as how many more words children from middle class and affluent families hear versus impoverished ones. He had a *very* interesting thing to say about ADHD diagnosis and school performance too. </p> <p>But here's something for the MIL's and such who insist you should put your baby down because you are "spoiling" them: </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0&#038;desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DapzXGEbZht0&#038;app=desktop" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0&#038;desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DapzXGEbZht0&#038;app=desktop</a></p> <p>It broke my heart to watch this, even knowing it was just an experiment. The purpose was to show that infants and toddlers do interact, socialize, and build relationships. (Apparently people thought that infants weren't capable?) </p>