Nicholas Day Quote
The psychologist Jerome Kagan has argued that parenting has a threshold function: up until that threshold is crossed, the effects of a child's very early experience even out in the end. But parenting that crosses the threshold—abuse, stress, utter indifference—can sink in deep, especially if the baby remains in that environment. There's a lot to be said for this perspective on parenthood, not least that it offers well-meaning parents some relief from scaremongering. It also accounts for the astounding flexibility of the human infant: he is game for the craziest parenting stuff you can come up with.
Nicholas Day
The psychologist Jerome Kagan has argued that parenting has a threshold function: up until that threshold is crossed, the effects of a child's very early experience even out in the end. But parenting that crosses the threshold—abuse, stress, utter indifference—can sink in deep, especially if the baby remains in that environment. There's a lot to be said for this perspective on parenthood, not least that it offers well-meaning parents some relief from scaremongering. It also accounts for the astounding flexibility of the human infant: he is game for the craziest parenting stuff you can come up with.
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infancy, resiliency
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Nicholas Day may refer to:
Saint Nicholas Day, the feast day of St Nicholas
Nicholas Day (actor) (born 1947), British actor
Nick Day (statistician) (born 1939), British statistician and cancer epidemiologist
Nick Day (film director), British born, US-based filmmaker
Nicolas Day (born 1955), Australian wildlife illustrator
Saint Nicholas Day, the feast day of St Nicholas
Nicholas Day (actor) (born 1947), British actor
Nick Day (statistician) (born 1939), British statistician and cancer epidemiologist
Nick Day (film director), British born, US-based filmmaker
Nicolas Day (born 1955), Australian wildlife illustrator