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Welcome To Your Child's Brain: How The Mind Grows From Conception To College (2011)

by Sandra Aamodt(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1596916494 (ISBN13: 9781596916494)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: The authors are clearly brain specialists and not child psychologists. They do give some decent information on the science of brain development but then just seem to tack on childrearing advice as an after-thought and with seemingly no real understanding of its actual impact. I also found the book to be condescending at times with the authors implying they’re smarter than their readers because they’re scientists and advising people to go back a re-read certain sections because the reader probably didn’t “get it”.
review 2: Just a quick review: this was a book chock-o-block full of interesting facts about a growing brain. From the prenatal environment to early twenties, it tracks brain development in multiple areas.If you're pressed for time (and w... morehat parent isn't?), read the insets (there are many) and skip the body text. Only complaint is that the book references other chapters almost continuously (once or twice a page) which became distracting, and the brain segments were discussed with a little too much familiarity. Typically a book for the non-scientist will give a little more detailed explanation when introducing the amygdala and other areas. In the end, this forced me to skip over some sections just because thy lost context, and I didn't have the time to memorize it all.This was a library book for me, but I'm considering adding it to my shelf for reference. I'm also trying to figure out how to get my little guy to China (per the book) to break the shyness he's sure to inherit. Very interesting reading. less

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