The Child Code in the News
Podcasts and more…
Adapt Your Parenting to Help Kids Thrive, says VCU Professor and Author Danielle Dick
The Child Code helps debunk the myth that parenting techniques alone can determine a child’s behavior and future. In the book, Dick shows that the key to raising successful adults isn’t to try harder to mold them, but to adapt your parenting strategies to the way they are wired.
Five Surprising Ways Children’s Genes Can Help Shape their Behaviour
In The Child Code, Danielle notes “We want to shape our children into responsible, kind, productive human beings, but very often we ignore one of the biggest things shaping our children’s development – their genes.” In this article, Breaking News highlights five ways The Child Code teaches us that children’s genes can influence their behaviour.
What’s Not Being Said with Lisa Marie Runfola
Danielle and Lisa Marie discuss the many differences of our brains and how to teach our children to appreciate them.
Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Danielle joins Thoughts on Record for a discussion of some of the core ideas contained in her new book The Child Code: Understanding Your Child's Unique Nature for Happier, More Effective Parenting.
Power Your Parenting: Moms with Teens
Why is parenting so darn hard? It turns out there is a simple answer to that question. The reason that parenting is so challenging is that all of that well meaning advice from your parents and friends and pediatricians ignores one of the biggest factors that affects child development—genes.
Learn Your Child's Natural Personality To Better Parent Them
To be the best parent you can be, take the time to learn your child's personality to better understand them.
Is My Kid the Asshole?
Danielle joins Melinda Wenner Moyer for a Q+A to discuss how your child’s genes and temperament should shape your parenting.
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood
In this Fresh Take interview, Danielle explains how understanding our child's unique genetic tendencies helps us parent that child more effectively.

