A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior

I really think that all parents should get to know their child from the brain perspective. This book provides a thorough and easy-to-follow overview of the child's growing brain. The idea of brain-based education is really catching on these days. Why not brain-based parenting? See also Power Brain Kids

I was really impressed with this book because the information is all based in scientific fact AND it's a quick read. It's refreshing to be reading about the results of scientific studies from authors that are compelling writers and have a sense of humor. To summarize the content, child rearing is about common sense, but the gems in this book are the descriptions of scientific studies that explain the reasons why parents and children do what they do. There are a lot of passages worth quoting to a fellow parent! I highly recommend this book.

Norbert Herschkowitz's book may not be as inspiring a read as The Prenatal Prescription by Peter Nathanielsz, but it's filled with valuable information on giving your baby the healthiest start in life, both prebirth and after birth. The information on how a baby's brain works (e.g. language acquisition) is particularly interesting.

I wish I had already had this book when my own children were growing up, but now I can consult it to follow and understand the development of my grandchildren. The authors' vast expertise has not kept them from writing a parent-friendly, easily-accessible-for-the-layperson book that answers the questions we all have as we watch our children progress: Are they developing as they should, according to the proper timeline? Am I being too demanding? Not enough? What makes it all work? We know our children are miracles of nature, but the text gives us a wider understanding of why and how. It quells doubts and cheers us, as we watch the "sample" children, so like our own, change from day to day.