Many of you know that I have spent the last few months working with my friends at Pear Press promoting a groundbreaking new book written by a jolly scientist named Dr. John Medina.
His new book, Brain Rules For Baby: How to Raise a Smart & Happy Child from 0 to 5 is coming out on Tuesday, October 12th throughout the US, and I could not be more excited for parents everywhere, and particularly early learning educators, to grab a hold of the many insights in this book.
Why are some babies easy and others fussy— and how do you get an easy one? What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a baby’s brain? Scientists know.
In his New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina showed us how our brains really work—and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools around these rules. Now, in Brain Rules for Baby, he shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children.
One of the surprises: The best way to get your children into the college of their choice? Put down the book and love your spouse!
Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. Through fascinating and funny stories, Medina, a molecular biologist and dad, unravels how the brain develops from the womb through the early years.
Some topics discussed include:
• Where nature ends and nurture begins
• Why men should do more household chores
• What you do when emotions run hot affects how your baby turns out, because babies need to feel safe above all
• TV is harmful for children under 2
• Your child’s ability to relate to others predicts her future math performance
• Smart and happy are inseparable. Pursuing your child’s intellectual success at the expense of his happiness achieves neither
• Praising effort is better than praising intelligence
• The best predictor of academic performance is not IQ. It’s self-control
What you do right now—before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first five years— will affect your children for the rest of their lives, and Brain Rules for Baby is an indispensable guide on the great adventure known as parenting.
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