QI Skills for Parents and Caregivers—the Early Years: A Guide to Nurturing the Human Skills Young Children Need Most in an AI-Powered World

QI Skills for Parents and Caregivers—the Early Years: A Guide to Nurturing the Human Skills Young Children Need Most in an AI-Powered World

Nurture the Skills Your Child Needs to Thrive—One Joyful, Brain-Building Moment at a Time The world is changing fast—and the skills our children need to thrive are evolving with it. Beyond ABCs and 123s, today’s children need skills like curiosity, adaptability, creativity, and collaboration to navigate the complexities of today and tomorrow. But how can you nurture these essential life skills in everyday moments—without adding one more thing to your already full parenting plate? In QI Skills for Parents And Caregivers—the Early Years , internationally renowned pediatrician and educator Dr. Laura Jana introduces QI Skills: seven “key” skills that have their foundational development in the first five years and are fundamentally important to lifelong success. Backed by brain science and filled with relatable stories, practical strategies, and easy-to-use QI Tips, this hands-on guide helps you: Understand what QI Skills are and why they matter more than ever in today’s AI-powered world - Turn everyday parenting moments—from reading books to your baby to tantrums, playtime and more—into opportunities to build essential skills - Support your child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development with simple, real-life strategies - Strengthen your own QI Skills along the way Part of the QI Skills Series , this book offers parents and caregivers everything they need to equip their children with a future-ready toolkit of skills—starting right now, at home, one joyful interaction at a time. Dr. Jana says it best: soft skills are the new hard skills, because they're not soft at all. They're the essential abilities children (and adults) need to thrive in today's world. By naming and framing them through her QI Skills methodology, she's elevated what truly matters in parenting and education. She shows us, step by step, how to foster this vital learning in the everyday moments. The ones that prove most formative and foundational in raising whole, resilient children. Celena Aponte-VP of Strategy and Development, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and mom of two A groundbreaking perspective on teaching critical life skills to children. Ari Brown, MD-Pediatrician and author of the Baby 411 book series As a pediatrician with over twenty-five years of experience, I love how this book helps parents and caregivers understand their children's development while also introducing a fresh framework of skills (QI Skills) essential in today's high-tech world-skills such as asking meaningful questions, learning from mistakes, and connecting deeply with others. Without requiring flashcards or expensive equipment, it offers practical, low-tech strategies for nurturing the abilities that prepare young children for success at every stage of life-whether at age three, thirteen, or thirty-three. Julie Kardos, MD-Pediatrician and mom of three Dr. Jana's QI Skills framework beautifully captures what we all know to be true-that who our children become is as important as what they know. Jo Kirchner-CEO, Primrose Schools This book will help you successfully unlock your child's cognitive and creative potential right from the start, not to mention your own powerful potential as a parent. Colleen A. Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP-Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics At our organization, one of our core values is maximizing every child's potential. This book gives parents the same practical tools we use at our center to do just that. Having already made QI Skills for the Early Childhood Classroom required reading for our staff, I hope to be able to give every new family their own copy of QI Skills for Parents and Caregivers. We are in this together to make a better future for all of our children. Robert Patterson-CEO, Kids Can Community Center DR. LAURA JANA is an internationally renowned pediatrician, early childhood expert, and award-winning author of 30+ books. Creator of the QI Skills framework, she helps parents, educators, businesses and policymakers harness the power of early skill development in an AI-driven world. A sought-after speaker, she has shared her insights everywhere from preschool classrooms to the TED stage, the World Forum on Early Childhood, and the World Bank-bridging the gap between science and practice to equip young children with the skills they need to thrive.