What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life @ richardeward.com

What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
by Lise Eliot
from Bantam

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Not what I expected
  I was disappointed. It's all about the scientific aspect of the brain (developing in the womb, how it compares to animals brains, how it develops in childhool). There's only 1 chapter at the very end on what you can do as a parent to help positively affect the growth and development of your child's brain. Skip this one!

• Fantastic information for parents
  I found this book really insightful and full of great practical infomation that helps me understand my baby girl.

• Interesting, but recommended mostly for people currently conceiving, pregnant or have a newborn
  I got this book based on the title where it states, "how the mind develops in the first five years of life." I have a 9 mos old and a two and a half year old so I thought that I could get some valuable info, since they are both still pretty young. This book is only 460 pages long, and Dr. Eliot doesn't even really start talking about children over a year of age until about page 300 (and I'm being generous to start that far back.) This book, while interesting, mostly discusses brain development from... more info

• The most insight and information I use day to day to raise my baby
  I love this book. The information is the most useful. My baby is 6 month old and I really appreciate the teaching from this book. I skip on the sections that describe the mechanism in the brain and devour the sections that describe the developmental milestones. Highly recommended!

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