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7 Essentials

Guiding Principles to Help Your Baby Every Day

By Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D. and Sharon L. Ramey, Ph.D.

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  • Rehearse and extend new skills, showing your baby how to practice again and again, in the same and different ways, with new people and new things.

  • Protect from inappropriate disapproval, teasing, neglect, or punishment.

  • Communicate richly and responsively with sounds, songs, gestures and words; bring your baby into the wonderful world of language and its many uses.

  • Guide and limit behavior to keep your child safe and to teach what's acceptable, and what's not, the rules of being a cooperative, responsive, and caring person.

    • These Essentials will help in all walks, ages and stages of life. And their value extends beyond the first 18 months. Keep adapting them to your child's development and readiness for new advances and new stages of growth. Note that the word parent comes from the Latin root, parents, meaning to bring forth. These Seven Essentials will help you to truly bring forth the best in your child.

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