About this title: This groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Bronson and Merryman demonstrates that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are, in fact, backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2009-09-03
ISBN-13:9780446504126ISBN:0446504122
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781600248405ISBN:1600248403
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446504126ISBN:0446504122
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Edition: Unabridged
Binding: Audiobook CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781600248405ISBN:1600248403
Description: New. Two award-winning science journalists argue that when it comes to children, parents have mistaken good intentions for good ideas. The authors demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring. read more
"Everyone involved in the lives of children should read this book. If only a few of the results of the research discussed in this book were integrated into real policy the impact on children would be astounding. For example, we seem as a society to prefer to ignore the simple scientific truths regarding teens brain development and their particular sleep requirements in order to maintain the status quo of schools. If we really wanted to maximize the potential of teenage students we would change the start time of middle and high school until after 9am. This book contains many startling and sometimes counter intuitive conclusions and includes some simple changes that could be implemented to improve the lives of children and also reduce the stress levels of parents striving to do the best for their kids."
"I really like neuroscience books that are written for non-neurologists. I love learning about the discoveries of how the different parts of the brain interact to form the cohesive way we think and respond. It looks like I am not the only one. I had the feeling reading the book that the authors like to peruse medical journals for cool, interesting stuff. Writing a book that all loosly relates to brain developement in children and adolescents kind of feels like a convenient excuse to self educate. It makes me wish I was a better writer.
The book begins with the argument that more praise does not mean more results. The studies they introduce discovered that children who are praised for being good at things frequently are more likely to become frustrated at things that don't come to them easily. That hit very close to home. I have a child in the gifted and talented program who instantly goes to, "I can't do it!" when things are difficult. It has made me reassess what I will be praising her for in the future.
It also studies the lieing habits of teens, teen rebelian, how sleeping habits effect children and teens, self control and the developement of speech. All of it was very interesting.
For anyone who enjoys this, I would suggest another "neurology for normal people" book: Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief by Andrew Newberg."
""My kids are not racists", is what I'll need to remind myself, should I ever have kids in the near future. I may not be a parent, but having parents of my own and watching friends and family around becoming one themselves inspired me to pick up this book. Plus, chicks love it when you can talk about kids and I was into Po Bronson's previous work. So what's all the ruckus about NutureShock? It's not a typical parenting book that may offer unsubstantiated insight about how to raise your kids, more so, it is an in-depth investigation into how kids think and how parents should be aware of their actions when it comes to helping them develop. Their arguments are backed by extensive data about child brain development and behavioral patterns, which makes this book hard to argue with because it's so well presented. I've bought several copies for friends and will very likely revisit this book. The audio is very easy to listen to, as it is narrated by one of the authors, Po Bronson."
"NurtureShock is Freakonomics for parents. It's data-rich but reader-friendly, the kind of book you want to take notes about while you read because there is just so much to process. I find myself trying to remember: Don't praise. Ignore IQ tests until at least the 3rd grade. Teach racial tolerance explicitly, not generically. Punishing lying results in better liars. Get rid of Clifford episodes and all Bernstein Bears books. Never should have had that second kid--it makes kids worse playmates rather than better....And that's not the half of it.
The first few chapters put me off, because as a fairly new parent I'm maybe a little more up-to-date on this stuff than Bronson expects out of his readers. By Chapter 3, however, I was already in new territory. By and large, the book mercifully sidesteps the "how-to" conclusions of all the research, and sticks to what the data shows. The path is not always clear from the data, but often it is clear enough that a lecture on parenting at the end of each chapter would have been painful.
Now what was the name of that amazing preschool program that accelerates learning and obliterates discipline issues? I must remember to look that up again...."
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