This book is a powerful wealth of knowledge and really made me see things from a fresh perspective. Many how-to-parent" books can actually lead to feelings of guilt or feeling like a failure for not "doing it right." The Power of Showing Up is quite the opposite. It felt so empowering! The information is very well-researched and presented in a way that's easy to understand and apply. The questions at the end of each chapter helped me process the concepts and find realistic ways to apply them. One of my biggest takeaways from the book was examining my own childhood and the way people showed up in my life as a way to navigate my own parenting and showing up for my own children. This was the first work I've read by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. It made me very interested to check out their other books as well.

Daniel J. Siegel does it again. He takes the science and applies it to parenting in the everyday. This book addresses not only the science of learning but also shows a method of recognize your own patterns of attachment and making sure you are parenting with intention.

Informative and Engaging
Daniel Siegels book is down to earth and easy to understand while paints a good picture of the importance of attachment and connection with brain based research and information.

The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson is such an important book for all parents to read. There is nothing more important for your child than for him or her to know that you are there and that they are seen and heard. The authors of this book detail the reasons and power of a parent who is truly there in every way. Lifechanging for a child-- I hope this book is picked up by many. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

This book is amazing parent guide to raising kids with strong attachment to caregivers. They offer insight into a caregiver’s own attachment style and how to begin reconciling it into an attachment style that is conducive to successful parenting. I love how they remind caregivers that they do not have to be perfect to parent well. The act of reconnection and allowing redos foster strong attachment. I believe this book should be given to every parent working a case plan as well as every foster/adoptive parent. It should be part of training for pre-placement of children with foster/adoptive parents. I wish I’d had this years ago.

By the authors of The Yes Brain, The Power of Showing Up definitely makes us as parents look inward. That's not always easy. The authors have a good mix of advice and research in this book on attachment theory. It gives hope to parents who want to be better than their parents and encourages those with healthy upbringings. Definitely one to come back to from time to time.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

"The Power of Showing Up" is a perfect blend of research and practical parenting advice. It provides insight into attachment theory and how to develop a strong attachment with your child using the 4 S's (security, safety, being seen, and being soothed). I enjoyed the comics that summarized key points along the way. My favorite part was the opportunity for self-reflection and practical strategies at the end of each chapter. The authors recognize that parents may have to revisit their own childhood to monitor how that impacts their current parenting practices, and the authors encourage reflection without judgement. I highly recommend this book for all parents and for professionals who work with parents.

As a parent educator, one of the things I have valued about Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel Siegel’s previous works is how open they are about the challenges of parenting. This book takes that permission to be human one step further. Without letting parents off the hook for the choices they make and still setting lofty goals for interactions, this book gently brings parenting back around to establishing relationships with children. The core values of safe, seen and soothed provide a stronger foundation to build parenting skills on than any black and white set of rules ever could.

Practical advice for best-of-intentioned parents for being there when it matters for your children. Many times we believe we are doing all the right things or at least intending to although we fall short. The book is full of advice for the willing to adapt parent to improve interactions with your children.

Much like Dr. Siegel's other books on parenting, this one is well written, researched, and accessible. It's a good solid reminder that we have our own attachment baggage from childhood, and that it is our job to ensure that we provide a love and safe environment for our children where they do not fear us and they are not afraid to tell us if something outside the home is making them unsafe. It's a MUST READ for all parents, especially those with lingering ghosts of their own childhood.

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This book, like everything Dan Siegel writes is incredibly helpful. He takes the most complicated matters and simplifies them for the average person to deeply understand. I would recommend this book for every parent, educator and practitioner.

More than ever before, our children are hungry for our presence Dan and Tina help us understand how to offer this well, from hearts that our healing from our own hurts They give practical examples that will help us all be better people in this world.

Buy this book and anything with Daniel J. Siegel's name on it.

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Incredibly inciteful. It focuses on both path and present relationships. I think the big takeaway is PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE. This really gives some great research backed advice on how to be present for your children and how the way you were raises has affected the way you raise your kiddos.

THE POWER OF SHOWING UP by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson is the latest parenting book from the collaborative team who wrote The Whole Brain Child (a New York Times bestseller), No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain. In their latest work, Siegel (a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA) and Bryson (licensed clinical social worker) focus on "How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired."

The authors note 4 S's: Safe, Seen, Soothed and Secure which every child needs to feel and discuss how to help your child develop those feelings. I liked the simple line drawings and illustrations which were interspersed and which cleverly reinforced messages about how a parent's facial expression and/or tone of voice can have more impact than the words used. Overall, this text seemed geared to parents of younger children and will be a valuable resource for them. Students in our psychology classes may also find some content of interest although there is no index and no bibliography. The final chapter "From the Playground to the Dorm Room" could apply to their own lives in terms of feeling safe ("draw personal boundaries and make wise choices"), seeing and soothing themselves through reflection, and experiencing security by developing healthy interdependence. THE POWER OF SHOWING UP received starred reviews from both Library Journal and School Library Journal.

The power of showing up is a definite must have on your book shelf at home. I have learned so much from this book. It is definitely one I recommend to all of the parents I know. The authors walk you through the four s’ that create the bond.

This book is fantastic! As a counselor, I spend a good deal of time working with attachment wounds, so I've had a firsthand look at how deeply damaging it can be to grow up without secure attachment. I appreciated the authors' review of the different attachment styles, as well as how they outline ways to show up in powerful, healthy ways (both big and small). All parents would benefit from reading this book!

I'm thankful to the publisher and to Netgalley for an ARC of The Power of Showing Up. Daniel Siegel is a genius when it comes to raising healthy children, and in his latest book he imparts his wisdom on us once again. I loved this so much, I've convinced several people to pre-order copies! I will continue to HIGHLY recommend to all parents!

The book details that children need the four S's - feeling safe, seen, soothed, and secure. The book has a chapter on each and a few other chapters, but they are all quite long and I would have preferred additional divisions. Throughout the book, the author's other titles are mentioned and concepts in them referenced, with the feeling that this book is really the conclusion of a quartet. Some of the chapters include a lot of info on science and studies. There is also a significant focus on the parent's own childhood experience and a lot of questions in each chapter to reflect on related to that. Each chapter does conclude with strategies related to that S, but I would have preferred more time being spent on how to show up instead of why. There is good info here, but a lot of it felt buried to me.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved The Whole-Brained Child so I was incredibly excited to read this book by the same authors. This is another great parenting book that has changed the way I think and approach my children. I think all parents could find at least one important piece of advice in this book that would help them in their parenting. We all want the best for our children and Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson do an excellent job of helping parents understand children and their needs so that parents can help them thrive. I highly recommend this book.

I found this book to be very helpful and in a way eye opening. This book does not try to tell you how to be a perfect parent or parental figure, because there is obviously no such thing. Instead the book provides insights on we are shaped by the adult presences in our lives.
The book helped me think about how I interact, work with and work around children (which I do a lot in my volunteer work). Also, it helped me break down and understand my own childhood from a different perspective, I definitely appreciated this, and would recommend this.

Thank you, NetGalley, for providing access to this book!

“When we know our kids in a direct and truthful way, they learn to know themselves that way, too.”

The Power of Showing Up is the fourth in the quartet of parenting books by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.

First things first. I was excited to get my hands on an advance review copy of this book because I have two other books written by this duo and they are top-notch. I’ve read a lot of parenting books but these are the ones that have stayed with me through my entire parenting journey thus far.

TPoSU is about how to create a secure attachment for your child(ren). This is already something I’ve been obsessed with for far longer than I’ve had children. I believe my secure attachment has made an enormous difference in my life and I hope to be able to give the same gift to my children. So this book couldn’t be more timely.

While TPoSU is a parenting book, so much of how we parent depends on how we were parented. Hence, this book has a significant focus on reflecting on the reader’s own attachment style and finding a way to not just understand it but come to terms with it in order to be there for the next generation. This is something that will impact not just parent-child relations but every significant relationship in your life.

Look, we all know people with issues and often time they fit neatly in the avoidant or anxious attachment styles. That’s just life and it’s not fair to judge them for how they were raised. This book provides, for a motivated person, a way to start healing wounds from childhood.

(Side note: Thrilled about Dan’s “attachment” to UCLA. Go Bruins!!!!)

This is an excellent book that I plan to give to several couples I know who are expecting their first child.