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We found 6 Reddit comments about Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
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6 Reddit comments about Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five:

u/Eliz824 · 24 pointsr/toddlers

My two favorites have been:

Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina

How Toddlers Thrive by Tovah P. Klein

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I listened to both via audiobook, narrated by the authors.

Medina is a neuroscientist and totally geeks out about the long term studies and advice that can be pulled based on observable and repeatable outcomes.

Klein runs a research facility that doubles as a daycare/preschool connected with a university that studies early childhood behaviors.

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Both are clearly experts in their field, and their advice is rather similar, but both bring a fun perspective. They're both parents as well, and very clearly love their kids as well as put their money where their mouth is!

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u/HappilyMeToday · 9 pointsr/BabyBumps

Happiest Baby on the Block is a great book for anyone/everyone.

Baby Brain Rules is one both my SO and I enjoyed, lots of science there.

We did not really read any books on the childbirth topic, just internet and a 5 week course at the hospital. I wish you luck!

u/frugalwater · 5 pointsr/raisingkids

My wife and I like Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina


It's him explaining what certain studies have shown regarding different aspects of childhood, such as the effect television has on kids under the age of 2. That something you're looking for?

u/liliumsuperbum · 4 pointsr/BabyBumps

"Brain Rules for Babies" by John Medina may be of interest to you. I haven't read "Expecting Better," but based on the blurb it seems the two books have similar goals: providing peer-reviewed information and avoiding the propagation of myths.


At the beginning of my pregnancy, I worried I wasn't doing enough to optimize fetal development. There's so much information to be found on pregnancy and child care, I kept wondering, "Which advice should I follow? What helps and what hinders?" It was overwhelming! I'm a FTM, and I've never been around babies, so I was clueless. The pregnancy chapter in "Brain Rules" really simplified it for me: take care of yourself physically and mentally and let the fetus do it's thing. The book continues to cover relationships, brain development, emotional development, and moral development with similar clarity.


I have a few other books such as "What to Expect the First Year" but I just keep them around for reference, haven't actually read all the way through them. Other books I've considered buying are "Mind in the Making" and "NurtureShock."

u/instalight · 2 pointsr/BabyBumps

My mum got me Brain Rules for Baby for Christmas, and so far I'm finding it interesting. It's less of a 'how to' sort of book and more looks at the psychology of babies and children and how they process things.

Like another commenter I also have What to Expect the First Year' and it's kind of dry, but I think it might be useful for some specific issues.

u/MiaAlgia · 1 pointr/TwoXChromosomes

I had a crappy father, but he pressed me to work hard at math. That was good.

He was a construction worker and every time he fixed something around, he made me stand there and hands his tools to him, so I can fix just about anything around the house.

Here's a book on how to raise a smart and happy child.
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Rules-Baby-Updated-Expanded/dp/0983263388

Now that my daughter is a toddler, the pediatrician recommended this book
https://www.amazon.com/1-2-3-Magic-Discipline-Effective-Parenting/dp/149262988X

Don't let her watch Disney princess movies if you can help it, except Brave is probably good http://national.deseretnews.com/article/20551/disney-princess-culture-may-not-be-great-for-the-future-of-little-girls.html

I play the Winnie the Pooh educational videos for her, so that's what she likes: 123's, Shapes and Sizes, ABC's.

In order to deal with talking to her about sex, which you may need to do as early as age six, read this book https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Sex-Navigating-Complicated-Landscape-ebook/dp/B0111YAT0Y

I am so deeply disturbed by what girls have to deal with now days. It's so much worse than when I was a teen. Worrying about my daughters keeps me up at night.