Brain rules for baby

[Fuschia]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-Rules-Baby-Raise-Smart/dp/0983263302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307537434&sr=1-1

Very good, it's available from the library

You will enjoy this if you like your parenting strategies to be backed by science!

[Fuschia]

Good website too

http://www.brainrules.net/brain-rules-for-baby

[Fuschia]

Brilliant videos!!

http://brainrules.net/brain-rules-for-baby-video

[Fuschia]

Oh, watch the parent quiz!!!!!!!!!!

[Saffron]

Very interesting...

"You will view your children?and how to raise them?in a whole new light.You?ll learn:"

"...Why men should do more household chores..." (yeaaaah)

"...TV is harmful for children under 2..." (booooo)

ah well, can't have it all

xx

[Fuschia]

It's best to be informed even if you can't always comply! TV might not be good for them, but nor is it good for them to live in a hovel with no dinner cooked and a miserable mother!

[Saffron]

Yes that's been my reasoning too.

I'm curious to have a further read and see what the actual conclusions are on the effects of television on under-2s. Violent TV --even cartoon violence-- has certainly been very well-documented to have lots of negative effects on children of all ages.

I've read some research a few years back, suggesting that excessive TV watching from an early age is associated with ADD/ADHD, but such studies show correlation rather than causation. You also have to be of the camp that ADD/ADHD actually IS a disorder. Whereas, some psychologists and evolutionary biologists have suggested that it is a different brain type, not a disorder.

I've also seen the research showing that excessive TV watching in gradeschool children is related to obesity. I would hazzard a guess this is true for the under-2s as well.

Hey pass the biscuits, Adderall, and TV remote... and that's just for me!

(Edited to say that I'm not fat and I don't have ADD/ADHD... hmmmm maybe I'm not watching enough TV? ;-) What's on iPlayer tonight? :) )

[Fuschia]

I have the book but don't remember the details of the chapter

I will have a look

[sillywoman]

What are 'gradeschool' children? Is it from age 5, or is it older? Sorry, just don't recognise the term.

[Saffron]

Gradeschool: kindergarten to preteen usu.

[Helen GV]

I am loving this book, am up to the bit about marriages and how/why they suffer after baby comes, interesting stat about sleep deprivation, after a week of moderate deprivation one can experience a 91percent drop in ability to regulate emotions and a similarly dramatic drop in cognitive ability...

[hanstands]

Thanks so much for this fascinating info on this book F!! Really have to read it...if anyone has one to lend I'd love to borrow for a bar of choc or similar?? Will try library but there might be a waiting list...:)

[Fuschia]

I have a library one in my possession snd just renewed it so Boone has ordered it yet ...

I might buy it though

It's very interesting

I do like a bit of science!

[Helen GV]

I got mine on kindle