7 Childhood Treasures ^TM

Trust, Independence, Faith, Negotiation, Vision, Compromise and Acceptance.

Because they didn’t achieve these developmental capacities in childhood, many adults’ lives just don’t seem to work in some way. Most adults struggle with at least one challenge—a pattern of relating that affects their life at work, or in their family, friendships or romance. Don’t you? Do these daily challenges seem unsolvable?

Maybe you “can’t seem to get life as ordered” as you’d like or you “take constructive criticism to heart” and let it affect your sense of worth. Maybe you successfully “manage” an addiction: drink or eat too much, shop or gamble obsessively but not enough to break your own bank, or use “recreational” drugs during your workdays but still hold down a job and fulfill family obligations. Maybe you bounce from relationship to relationship, serially betrayed by “bad” partners, always trying to find one worthy of your trust. Maybe you just don’t get along with your co-workers, job after job.

Dr. Scott, a specialist in child development and early education, affirms that early childhood holds the answer. In her upcoming book, Dr Scott describes how the known process of a child’s development allows for conversion of life’s raw materials—relationships with the self and others—into seven capacities. Dr. Scott’s tender stories of children vividly demonstrate both the moments when these treasures could have been formed and the ways in which well-meaning adults might inadvertently prevent that process. Her anecdotes of adult lives allow you to see yourself through a new lens and to discover how to become the effective adult you know, deep inside, you are meant to be.