Brain Rules for Baby Book

Key Topic: Parenting
Author: John Medina
Format: 304 page paperback book
Size: 198mm × 128mm

We are always looking for ways to make our kids smarter, better, happier. Medina gives such practical, usable advice and tips.

In Brain Rules for Baby, Dr John Medina shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children from ages zero to five. Through fascinating and funny stories, Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and dad, unravels how a child’s brain develops and offers practical tips for any parent. You’ll learn what is the best predictor of academic performance (and it’s not IQ!), why it’s better to praise effort than intelligence and what to say to your child when emotions run hot. 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. Brain Rules for Baby is an indispensable guide for anyone raising a child.