The Art of Parenting

There is an age old debate about whether or not the child's DNA or the child's environment is more influential in development. This lecture discusses the latest cutting edge research and how it affects this debate.

Beginning with conception, the child begins to develop in very distinct ways. This lecture discusses how the embryo starts to develop distinct features and what happens to them in vitro.

The child's brain development is integral in determining what environmental stimuli should be present. We will discuss how that environmental stimuli affects that brain development.

We will not only discuss the child's sleeping patterns in this lecture but sleeping patterns of the whole family and why it is so important to healthy brain development of the child.

Breast feeding is the healthiest form of nutrition for a child. We will discuss why in this lecture.

There are certain times in a child's life where certain stimulation must present. We will discuss what these times are and why this is important in this lecture.

Sensitive Periods are very similar to Critical Periods but with one major difference. We will discuss the difference between the two in this lecture.

Stress can affect the child's brain in a beneficial or detrimental way. In this lecture we discuss what is too much stress and how it affects the child.

One of the more subtle forms of abuse is neglect and it happens sometimes without a parent even knowing that it is happening. This lecture will discuss the subtle things parents are not aware of when they are neglecting their child.

Secure Attachment is probably one the greatest benefits you can give your child. We will discuss what it is in this lecture.

The specific benefits of Secure Attachment are discussed in this lecture.

A child will revert to any behavior to get a parents attention. In this lecture we discuss Insecure Attachment as a reason for this.

This lecture discusses specifically why it is so important for fathers to securely attach to their children.

This lecture discusses specifically why it is so important for mothers to securely attach to their children.

A child is naturally prone to manipulate their environment. This lecture discusses why Secure Attachment promotes a child's natural curiosity.

Once the child reaches the age of about 2 years old, the child's brain starts to develop in a very distinct way that makes the child ready to learn. We will discuss what is going on to make this happen in this lecture.

A parent will begin to notice certain behavior changes in a child due to the growth of the brain. This lecture discusses those behaviors and how you can benefit from them.

Classical Conditioning is just one of the ways a child will learn especially at a very young age. This lecture will discuss how you can take advantage of that as a parent.

A child begins to learn from delayed gratification as the child becomes more sophisticated. This lecture will discuss the basis of that which is Operant Conditioning.

This lecture discusses how careful a parent should be when using punishment as a means to control a child's behavior.

Proximal parents give their children a lot of physical affection and attention. We will discuss why this is beneficial for the child and what a proximal parent is.

Distal parents give their children a lot of space and time to themselves. We will discuss the purpose of this and what a distal parent is.

This lecture discusses the advantages and disadvantages of permissive parenting and what it is.

This lecture discusses the advantages and disadvantages of authoritarian parenting and what it is.

This lecture discusses the best balance of parenting called authoritative parenting and why it is so beneficial to a child's well being.

This lecture will discuss why authoritative parents are the most effective in modifying their children's behavior and why children of this type of parenting are the most well adjusted.

This last lecture summarizes the basic concepts from the course and some additional take away tips that can be beneficial for a parent.