Charlotte Peterson (Central)
Charlotte’s book, The Mindful Parent: Strategies from Peaceful Cultures to Raise Compassionate, Competent Kids, is in the Rose Villa library under call number 649.1.
Charlotte is a child psychologist and traveled the globe studying parenting practices — on a mission to find the most effective methods of preserving our children’s minds and hearts. She traveled through countries in North, Central, and South America; the South Pacific, Europe, Asia, and Africa, studying techniques used during preconception, pregnancy, birth, and toddlerhood. She found that parents in the world’s most peaceful cultures—particularly the Tibetan, Bhutanese, and Balinese—embrace techniques that result in more joyful, kind, and confident children.
In this book, Charlotte shares these specific parenting practices, making them relevant and easily implemented by parents or grandparents in any culture. 
Observations, stories, and photographs of indigenous parenting practices throughout the world that promote attachment, healthy brain development, and assist youngsters in reaching their optimal potential is presented. Readers are given an intimate look at how infants and toddlers are revered and cared for in Balinese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan villages from parents, grandparents, doctors, and village leaders. Grandparents in these cultures play a crucial role in nurturing their grandchildren’s development. Charlotte simplifies subjects such as creating strong attachments with infants, clear limit setting with toddlers that builds self-control, along with changes that the current generation of parents and grandparents in the US are making to assure their children and grandchildren are emotionally thriving. Cutting edge brain research supports the importance of early nurturing that Charlotte observed in peaceful cultures. In a time when childhood psychological disorders, bullying, peer violence, and suicide attempts are at an all-time high, here is help in developing a kind, loving family, staying connected with our kids and grandkids, and supporting them to live healthy, happy, and productive lives. Her website is www.growingkindkids.com.