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Bright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3
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5 Reddit comments about Bright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3:

u/MysterVaper · 40 pointsr/beyondthebump

There are lots of studies linking screen time to developmental delays and behavior problems, especially when screen time is introduced as the higher brain functions are ‘wiring up’ (before age 3).

An excellent read that goes in depth through multiple studies and meta-analyses is Bright from the Start. If you want a more detailed breakdown of why screentime is detrimental I suggest picking up this book.

Some of the more robust research shows negative effects on attention span, weight gain, emotional variance (higher highs and lower lows), and aggression/frustration.

The big thing to remember is that an infant or young child doesn’t have the same brain function you, as an adult, wield. In fact our brains don’t really reach ‘maturity’, or full development until into our twenties. Screen time has been shown to have an effect on HOW a young brain wires itself, changing the structure and later development.

Imagine you are building a brick wall and you lay every brick on the first layer evenly, except one brick in the middle. That one brick is an early developmental issue. It’s not such a big issue at first but as you lay down more layers of bricks, each new layer has more and more uneven bricks, until at the end you have a large deformation in your wall. This is the type of effect an early developmental deviation can have on the later adult.

We have a tendency to overlook the detrimental effect our screens have on our own dispositions (imagine being away from your phone or computer for a month) and our neurological wiring is already fairly set in stone. We haven’t evolved with our technology, it just sprang up suddenly in the recent past and we’ve had to adjust to it. We are really just figuring it out as we go, but one thing is becoming clearer: our children are not equipped for the task of parsing out what our screens bring into our lives.

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u/Epistaxis · 6 pointsr/askscience

Just a little protip: for reddit use, trim your URLs to the simplest form that works (http://www.amazon.com/dp/159240362X/) and/or link readable text (like this) so your formatting isn't hideous and it doesn't take a moment to check whether you're spamming us for Amazon referrals.

u/lov_liv · 6 pointsr/Mommit

Check out Bright From the Start, by Dr. Jill Stamm, co-founder of New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development at Arizona State University.

Bright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/159240362X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_EAPCybQYA6Z71

u/speyton · 4 pointsr/askscience

I've been reading the book Bright from the Start http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Start-Science-Backed-Developing-Mindfrom/dp/159240362X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334039564&sr=1-1

The author implies that part of the increase (of diagnoses) can be attributed to the way babies and toddlers are raised in modern times. For example, more television time or just screen time where there are a lot of flashing images and constantly changing themes.

u/whenwillthewaitend · 3 pointsr/BabyBumps

At the moment I'm reading Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method. I'm not sure how I feel about it so far. I like the idea of a "calm, gentle birth" and all that. But I'm not sure how realistic it is. And I feel like so far the book has been incredibly repetitive just sorta telling you the same couple of ideas in different ways over and over again without any real supporting evidence. Which, I mean, I don't know what I was expecting. No pun intended.

I'd like to read Ina May Gaskin's book also. I've heard it's great.

Child related I'm planning to read The Happiest Baby on the Block. And Bright from the Start.