Description Introduction Chapter 1: The Best Parenting Is Attuned Parenting Eye contact is the beginning of connection | Babies feel emotions 40 times a second | Why kids need dad's rough-and-tumble play | Skin-to-skin contact develops the frontal lobe | The golden time for attuned parenting | Attunement balances body and mind | Empathy builds a child's self-esteem | Play along with your child's imagination | Understanding your child's world opens emotional connection | Mood powerfully stimulates the brain | Mom's lesson: how to teach with calmness | Habits reshape the brain's map | A child's brain tires quickly Attuned Parenting Guide ① Children's Questions, Mothers' Questions ② How to Help Your Child Build Good Habits Chapter 2: Connection Changes Genes IQ and EQ grow in proportion to experience | You can't change genetics, but you can change environment | Practicing empathetic parenting | A child's sense of time is different | The frontal lobe loves new challenges | Children's connection vs. adults' connection | Ways to expand empathy | Places that help IQ and EQ flourish | IQ and EQ learned through the body last longer | The root of connective intelligence is sensory experience | Children imitate their parents' everyday IQ and EQ | The brain focuses on what is repeated | Connection changes genes Attuned Parenting Guide ③ Age-Appropriate Play (Ages 1–3) ④ Age-Appropriate Play (Ages 4–6) Chapter 3: The Conditions for Connection Social education starts at age 3 | An easy way to strengthen brain connections | IQ and EQ grow through relationships | Building a foundation for social skills | Social skills take practice too | Attachment stimulates the limbic system, the brain's connection center | Communication and the prerequisites for connection | Raising a happy leader | Raising a child who can read emotional cues | Empathy and consideration build leadership | Children imitate their parents' social behavior | As social skills grow, so do IQ and EQ Attuned Parenting Guide ⑤ Working Mothers ⑥ Children's Fights Chapter 4: The Golden Time for Attuned Parenting When children begin to assert "me" | Practicing responses to "me" | Children remember sensory stimulation | Observation is a time that ripens thought | An observation journal is an intelligence profile | Like Piaget: developing intelligence through play | How to begin your child's learning | A good way to build the power of thought | The brain is skilled at organizing | Raise a child who enjoys observing | Connecting with a range of emotions | Children become smarter in nature Attuned Parenting Guide ⑦ Everyday Math Play ⑧ How to Help Your Child Excel at Science Chapter 5: Attuned Parenting Boosts IQ and EQ (p. 230) Memory becomes possible after age 3 | Language environment drives brain development | Listening comprehension and intelligence | Brain cells that only passively listen die off | To connect, speak "slowly and clearly" | Listening education you must never miss | Picture books that bridge the left and right brain | The brain loves stories | What children notice and remember for a long time | The best tool for connection: children's poetry | Attuned parenting boosts IQ and EQ | A child's ability to converse equals confidence | Ways to widen the scope of connection Attuned Parenting Guide ⑨ Age-Appropriate Speech Guidance ⑩ How to Choose Good Books Chapter 6: Practical Attuned Parenting to Start Right Away (p. 288) Intelligence stems from self-esteem | Art education that uncovers the creative brain | Five-senses art education nurtures emotion | Smart brains love patterns | A connection tool that removes boundaries with the world | The brain remembers sound well | Music education that awakens the instinct for connection | Music education that bridges IQ and EQ | Imitation instinct is the root of creativity and focus | Physical activity education that connects through action | What is learned through the body is remembered longer | Arts education that builds empathy | A connected child is a happy child Attuned Parenting Guide ⑪ Early Childhood Arts Education ⑫ Protecting Your Child's Emotional Development from Television Closing Thoughts / Books Referenced in Writing This