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Parenting with Temperament in Mind: Navigating the Challenges and Celebrating Your Child’s Strengths

Dr. Gartstein has a new book!

Dr. Gartstein and Dr. Lily Lengua at UW recently published a book that hopes to help parents understand and work more effectively with their young child’s temperament.

You can read more about it on Dr. Gartstein’s blog!

Or you can listen to Dr. Gartstein and Dr. Lengua discuss it on their recent appearance on “Your Anxious Child”; Parenting with Temperament in Mind: Interview with Liliana J. Lengua, PhD and Maria A. Gartstein, PhD

Listen on Apple Podcasts!

Or you can read the WSU news story about it!

 

Summer 2024 Newsletter

Summer Updates!

Catch up on the highlights from our Summer conferences, exciting news about our lab members accomplishments, and information on Dr. Gartstein’ s newly published book. There’s a lot happening, and we can’t wait to share it all with you!

Babies Documentary is Out!

Babies Documentary is Out!

From first breath to first steps, witness the magic and explore the mystery of the first year of life. The second part of Babies on Netflix is out now! Our lab was visited in April 2019 and recorded an episode for the show! Be on the lookout for the next launch of the series and learn more about how babies develop! Watch Babies, now streaming only on Netflix!





Psychology Today: Becoming You

Psychology Today: Becoming You

 

In the Psychology Today blog series “Becoming You: How early life builds the foundation for everything to come,” Dr. Maria Gartstein discusses topics of:

 

Inside Industry with IREO: Maria Garstein

Inside Industry with IREO: Maria Garstein

“Excerpt from November 2020 podcast:

Episode 6: Maria (Masha) Garstein

Inside Industry with IREO is joined by Maria Gartstein a psychology professor and Head of the Gartstein Temperament Lab here at WSU. Maria was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “Babies” for her studies in infant temperament studies.”
In this podcast Maria discusses:

  • The Netflix documentary “Babies”
  • The “nuts and bolts” of running the lab
  • Student involvement
  • Connections to the industry

The Impacts of the Microbiome, Genetics, Parenting & Culture on Children’s Behavior

The Impacts of the Microbiome, Genetics, Parenting & Culture on Children’s Behavior

Excerpt from the January 5th, 2021 Insider Mom Podcast:

Does culture determine whether or not our kids become introverts or extroverts? What makes some babies and kids more prone to fussiness while others are more calm? Also, can we positively influence our children’s behavior or is temperament primarily genetic?

Maria (Masha) Gartstein is a professor in the Washington State University Department of Psychology and the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program Director. Masha and her collaborators’ research has focused on the role that parenting plays in how temperament “comes online” in early childhood. Their work is the subject of an episode in the Netflix documentary “Babies” filmed at the Gartstein Temperament Laboratory.

In this interview she answers some of the above questions and also discusses findings on the impacts of the microbiome, genetics, epigenetics, parenting and culture on children’s temperament.

She also talks about:

– Her childhood growing up

– The impacts of stress during pregnancy

– Difficulties and challenges women researchers and faculty face when they become mothers

– Individualism vs. collectivism and how what’s valued in each culture influences our childrens’ behavior

– The Frozen II motto she lives by

If you’re interested in learning about her fascinating research, make sure to tune into this episode.

Website link: https://www.insidermom.com/