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Authors: Marti Olsen Laney Psy.d.
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A
acetylcholine
functions,
22
–23,
25
–26
neurotransmitter pathways,
28
,
30
–31,
34
right brain,
40
sleep cycles,
104
adaptability,
259
Adler, Alfred,
8
–9
adolescence
dating,
15
,
252
–55
school years,
15
,
198
–201,
233
–36
teen attitudes,
112
–13
adoption,
150
–51
adrenaline,
27
advance planning strategies,
96
–97,
238
–39,
249
–52
Aesop,
7
affection,
74
after-school activities,
199
,
200
aggressive behaviors,
109
,
260
–61.
See
also bullying Allen, Joan,
xvii
American Journal of Psychiatry
,
30
–31
American Mania: When More Is Not Enough
(Whybrow),
69
anxiety
emotional disorders,
10
–12,
279
–81
and feelings,
88
self-soothing skills,
126
–29
separation anxiety,
76
–77
stranger anxiety,
76
,
244
–45
transition management,
238
–39
appreciation
family relationships,
83
,
144
feedback from others,
193
grandparents,
171
–73
modesty,
66
self-esteem,
54
Ariel,
81
art supplies,
61
–62
attachment theory,
76
attention deficit disorder.
See
ADD/ADHD
attention to detail,
58
autonomic nervous system,
10
,
31
–33,
40
B
babysitters.
See
caregivers
backlash,
240
backup plans,
179
Badham, Mary,
58
balance
discipline,
106
–8
and extrovert behavior,
55
,
67
,
136
–37
and feelings,
87
–89
mixed temperaments,
141
–42
physical affection,
84
social behavior,
65
stimulation,
6
Barrie, J. M.,
249
Bates, Marilyn,
83
bedtime,
104
–5
birthday parties,
248
–52
blended families,
170
blood flow,
30
–31
blood sugar levels,
102
–3
body movement,
8
bonding process,
46
,
73
–93,
117
,
148
–49,
273
–78
boredom,
200
brain research
biochemical action,
21
blood flow,
30
–31
brain development,
43
–47,
75
dominant behavior,
43
–47,
201
–3
dysfunctional conditions,
9
–13
extroversion,
36
–37
feelings,
85
–86,
246
–47
front
versus
back functioning,
37
–39,
186
–87
introversion,
34
learning styles,
187
–88,
201
–3
memory systems,
43
–46,
187
–88,
208
nervous system,
31
–37,
104
–5
neurotransmitters,
20
–23,
25
–29,
68
personality traits,
52
–53
play,
116
right
versus
left hemispheres,
40
–43,
46
,
116
,
201
–3,
246
temperament,
20
–31
Brazelton, T. Berry,
163
British Journal of Social Psychology
(1999),
224
Broca’s Area,
28
Buffett, Warren,
xvi
C
California Psychological Inventory (CPI),
7
Carducci, Bernardo,
11
caregivers,
176
–80
Carson, Johnny, xvi center of attention,
65
–66
central nervous system,
31
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(Dahl),
81
charter schools,
191
child care,
176
–80
chores,
144
–46
citizenship,
67
–69
class discussions,
212
closed groups,
232
college education,
215
–17
comfort zones,
83
,
108
,
185
,
279
–80.
See also
personal space common ground,
154
communication patterns,
42
,
78
–79,
172
,
246
–48
competitiveness,
65
–66,
157
–58,
217
–19
computer games.
See
electronic media; video games
concentration skills,
65
conflict management
bullying,
265
–70
family relationships,
90
–91,
149
,
161
–62
friendships,
235
–36,
242
,
257
–64
sibling relationships,
161
–62
contributions to the family,
144
–47
controlling behavior,
109
–10
conversational skills
“bilingualism”,
247
–48
chat time,
122
–24
engagement/disengagement,
79
friendships,
64
innie/outie differences,
225
,
247
–48
language development,
177
personality traits,
8
,
63
–64
shared stories,
147
–48
cooperation,
109
–10,
144
–45,
158
,
230
corpus callosum
,
40
courage,
277
critical self-talk,
209
,
240
,
242
–43,
254
criticism,
202
D
Dahl, Roald,
81
Damasio, Antonio,
116
daycare.
See
caregivers
decision-making skills,
125
–27,
137
,
139
,
159
,
203
Dell, Michael,
xvii
Dennis the Menace
,
81
dependence,
78
Depp, Johnny,
xvi
differentiation,
174
–76
Digging to China
(film),
268
–69
discrimination,
50
distractions,
112
divorce,
150
–52
dopamine
functions,
22
–23,
26
left brain,
41
neurotransmitter pathways,
29
,
30
–31,
36
,
68
dyslexia,
9
E
eating issues,
101
–3
Einstein, Albert,
215
Elementary School Journal
(2002),
230
Eloise,
81
emotional disorders,
10
–12,
279
–81
Emotional Intelligence
(Goleman),
93
emotional IQ,
62
–63,
86
,
93
,
186
,
246
–47
emotional resilience,
73
–93
empathy
conflict management,
261
emotional IQ,
63
,
246
extroverted children,
137
and feelings,
88
right-brained children,
202
,
246
encouragement, importance of,
xiii
–xv,
209
–11,
231
–36,
254
–55,
277
–78
endorphins,
26
energy management.
See also
personal space
adoptive families,
150
–51
classroom environments,
59
,
185
–87
high school,
200
innie/outie differences,
5
–6,
8
,
24
–25
middle school,
198
–99
physical activity,
129
–30
play,
117
routines,
96
–100
sleep,
104
socialization,
226
stimulation,
8
,
24
–25
temperament,
82
,
226
transition management,
238
–40
engagement/disengagement,
79
Engelbreit, Mary,
62
enjoyable activities,
143
–45
enkephalins,
26
envy,
159
expression of feelings,
85
–93
extended family relationships,
163
–76
external competition,
158
extroversion/extroverted children
blood flow,
30
–31
brain activity,
36
–39,
188
,
201
–3
characteristics,
36
–37,
222
in children’s literature,
81
conflict management,
257
–58
cultural values,
50
–55
demographics,
5
,
55
dopamine pathway,
29
,
30
–31,
36
energy management,
5
–6,
24
–25
family relationships,
136
–42
“Give It the Gas” system,
23
,
32
–33,
36
–37
memory systems,
44
–46,
188
self-esteem,
53
–54
stimulation,
8
,
24
–25,
107
stress,
262
–63
sympathetic nervous system,
23
,
33
F
family relationships adoption,
150
–51