" ...Parents new and seasoned cannot afford not to read this book. If every family began a tradition by passing this book on to future generations, just think of all the happy and healthy children in our world! You Are My World is BRILLIANT!! Kudos"–Ross Ellis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Love Our Children USA
"You Are My World ...evokes the powerful reality of how the parent-infant relationship sculpts the minds and brains of our children. Amy Hatkoff has offered us an exquisite tour of the intimate human connections ...What a wonder-filled gift to help all parents ...Bravo!"–Daniel J. Siegel, MD; Author, The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are and The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being; Co-Author, Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
"This book is a treasure. It is a wonderful, concise treatise on the abilities of the newborn. It supercedes Ashley Montague and Frederick LeBoyer and their approach. It brings you right into the heart of the newborn, giving them a strong and clear voice of what it takes to become the 'possible human.' A remarkable, beautiful piece of work."–Barbara Harper, Founder/Director, Waterbirth International
"You Are My World captures the subtle nonverbal behaviors of babies that express a far wider range of emotional experience than is often recognized or responded to. The photographs... convey the power and importance of nonverbal communication and bring us closer to the best in humans and in ourselves."–Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Supervisor of Inpatient Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, Boston; Associate Director of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center; Co-Author of eight books with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
"You Are My World is a wonderful resource for displaying parental empathy. The value and beauty of nurturing children is so eloquently displayed in this book. I highly recommend it as a resource for parents and parent educators."–Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D., Founder, Nurturing Parenting Programs and Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory
"You Are My World is a brilliant piece of work."–Peggy Kaufman, Director of The Center for Early Relationship Support at Jewish Family & Children's Services
"Like the babies it features, this little book is a mini-miracle. One part information, one part inspiration, one part love, Hatkoff's You Are My World is a gift of a book... It is a spoonful of sugar helping state-of-the-science knowledge go down ever so smoothly, energizing grown-ups for the good responsive care that all little ones need."–Rebecca Shahmoon Shanok, LCSW, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for Infants, Children & Families; Co-Founder, New York Zero-to-Three Network
"You Are My World is a beautiful book that every new parent should have in their library."–Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, Founder and Director, NYU Child Study Center
"This is a fantastic book. One of its many strengths is that – for people with poor literacy or English as a second language - the importance of attachment is still transmitted clearly and poignantly. It is a book that every new parent should be given."–Kim Johnston, Gleebooks, Australia
"You Are My World describes the concepts of reflective practice and relationships-based intervention beautifully. It communicates that the bond between parent and infant/toddler... is the optimal learning environment. It supports interventionists in nurturing relationships and enriches them in every way. We think that this way of thinking can and should extend beyond birth-to-three to other populations, as there are many parallels. You Are My World is a major contribution."–Ross Adams, MA, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
"If you want to truly motivate someone who just had a baby enter his or her life, this book will do it. The photography is stunning, capturing infants in all states, absolutely gorgeous. The message on each page is simple and non-controversial...
It will give confidence to new parents looking for... reassurance. ...the straightforward messages in this book are a great foundation for anyone who interacts with babies!"–K. Danley, Amazon Review
"This is an enchanting book. It expresses basic truths in a very understandable and unique way. In addition to learning about babies, the reader learns about him or herself in relationship to their infants. Amy Hatkoff has taught us to look into the eyes of babies and see the basic innocence and wonderment in us all."–Milton Grant, Founder, Grant Broadcasting
"This book is for the parent and child in all of us... a fabulous therapeutic tool - an invaluable guide for therapists and patients in navigating the scars and wounds of childhood in order to heal and forgive. Anybody who even thinks about having a child must read this book and take its lessons to heart."–Roger Goldman, Chairman of the Board, Lighthouse International
"You Are My World is revolutionary. Exquisitely expressed and beautifully executed, it addresses what's most basic and inherent in our natural biology. At the same time, it reminds us what is possible for any human life if attended to, understood and loved in the way we all need. Every parent of a newborn should read this."–Sonia Orenstein, PhD, Parent-Child Relationship Therapist
"If you could choose just one book to give a new parent, it should be this book... It captures the essence of what a baby needs to thrive better than any other book I know of. It is a classic."–Shirley Ripalo, Attorney
"No parent should miss this book. It lets them know what their babies have to 'say.' A heartening and inspiring book."–Susan Patricof, Chairman, Northside Center for Child Development; Co-Chairman, Children's Unit, International Rescue Committee
"This is a significant piece of work... so simple and so poignant. It translates the science into real life, with a... profound message."–Evelyn J. Blanck, Associate Executive Director, Manhattan Center for Early Learning
"The greatest book for new parents ever! This book should be a bestseller... You Are My World touched my heart in some precious way I could never imagine."–T. Christopher, Amazon Review
"You Are My World vividly captures with heart-melting photographs and disarmingly simple words the critical importance a parent's love and attention have on a baby's development. The author effectively uses the point of view of the infant, but she also interweaves, with a light hand, the best research that has been undertaken on the emotional importance of the parent-child bond. The author shows so much sensitivity to what goes on in a baby's mind, that I hope she follows up with a book on the world of toddlers."–Susan Carlin, Amazon Review
"EVERY mother should have this book! It is brilliant."–Gail Furman, PhD
