Baby Talk 5/20/10

Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs

Why is “focus and self-control” an important skill?  How can we teach this?  What are some of the fascinating studies that reveal infants’ earliest abilities?  What are the other “essential life skills” and specific suggestions about how to instill those in our children?

Guest: Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-founder of the “Families and Work Institute” and author of “Mind in the Making: Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs”

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