Overview

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almost anything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind--as an infant, in school, and during adolescence? Neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang (who is also a parent) explain the facets and functions of the developing brain, discussing salient subjects such as sleep problems, language learning, gender differences, and autism. They dispel common myths about important subjects such as the value of educational videos for babies, the meaning of ADHD in the classroom, and the best predictor of academic success (hint: It's not IQ). Most of all, this book helps you know when to worry, how to respond, and, most important, when to relax. Welcome to Your Child's Brain upends myths and misinformation with practical advice, surprising revelations, and real, reliable science. It's essential reading for parents of children of any age, from infancy well into their teens.

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"The authors are consummate myth busters: birth order, research reveals, has little impact on personality, and the left-brain is as emotionally charged as the right. In this info-packed text, Aamodt and Wang offer some familiar advice (e.g., no videos for children under two) as well as some thought-provoking revelations.-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""A fresh approach to brain research...offering parents practical tips along the way...The authors are consummate myth busters: birth order, research reveals, has little impact on personality, and the left brain is as emotionally charged as the right....Thought-provoking revelations."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Cutting-edge research on the growing brain, from birth to the age of twenty-one...This is a useful companion guide for educators and families."" -- ""Nature"" ""Dr. Wang and Dr. Aamodt playfully and engagingly introduce us to the hidden talents of our children's brains."" -- ""Dr. Mehmet Oz"""

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SANDRA AAMODT, PH.D., coauthored Welcome to Your Brain and Welcome to Your Child's Brain. She was the editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience, a leading scientific journal in the field of brain research. She received her undergraduate degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and her doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Rochester. Her science writing has been pub-lished in the New York Times, the Washington Post, El Mundo, and the Times of London. Sam Wang, Ph.D., is the coauthor of Welcome to Your Brain and an associate professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. He has published fifty articles on the brain in leading scientific journals and received numerous awards. His research and analysis has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and on National Public Radio, and he has made numerous television and radio appearances. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife and their two-year-old daughter. Sam Wang, PhD, is an associate professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. He has published over fifty articles on the brain in leading scientific journals and has received numerous awards. His research and analysis has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and he has made numerous television and radio appearances, including on National Public Radio. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and daughter. Pete Larkin has narrated dozens of audiobook titles, won five Earphones Awards, and been a finalist in 2012 for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He has been praised for his expert ability to speak in multiple accents. He is also an on-camera host and accomplished voice-over artist for hundreds of commercials and promos for a variety of companies, corporations, and governmental agencies. He was the public address announcer for the New York Mets and has worked as a radio jockey in New York, Baltimore, and Washington, DC. Ellen Galinsky, president and cofounder of the Families and Work Institute, helped establish the field of work and family life at Bank Street College of Education, where she was on the faculty for twenty-five years. At the institute, she continues to conduct seminal research on the changing workforce and changing family. Her more than forty books and reports include Ask the Children and the now-classic Six Stages of Parenthood.

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