Summary of Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell's Parenting from the Inside Out EPUB

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 When we become parents, we bring with us issues from our past that influence the way we parent our children. These issues can easily get triggered in the parent-child relationship, and our responses toward our children can be strong emotional reactions, impulsive behaviors, or distortions in our perceptions.

#2 I had similar experiences as a parent, and found that I dreaded taking my sons to the shoe store because it meant that I would have to take them to the shoe store. I would always end up in emotional conflict about shoes.

#3 Unresolved issues are similar to leftover issues, but they are more extreme and involve a more disorganizing influence on both our internal lives and our interpersonal relationships. They are often the root of unresolved conditions.

#4 I used to feel a strange sensation when my son was an infant and he would be inconsolable in his crying. I would become terrified and impatient, instead of being calm and patient. I thought about the possibility that I had been allowed to cry for long periods in my own infancy, but I couldn’t recall this consciously.