Synopses & Reviews
Revealing what every parent needs to know about what goes on in a child's brain during the critical first months and years of life, Ann B. Barnet, M.D., and Richard J. Barnet explore children's genetic tendencies toward anger, fear, and other emotions. Showing how interactions with other people can actually organize and reorganize a child's brain, they offer invaluable guidance to parents and caregivers by describing the essential characteristics of healthy parent-child relationships and good child care, as well as how the effects of bad early experiences can be overcome later in life. andlt;BRandgt; An unprecedented, up-to-the-minute look at the way human relationships and genetics shape the personalities and destinies of children, andlt;Iandgt;The Youngest Mindsandlt;/Iandgt; reveals more clearly than ever before how parents, for better or worse, become partners in the development of their child's mind.
Review
Jonathan Kozol andlt;Iandgt;The Youngest Mindsandlt;/Iandgt; is brilliant and complex but stunningly accessible and terribly important; the Barnets have created something elegantly moral, wise, and beautiful.
Review
Daniel Goleman author of andlt;Iandgt;Emotional Intelligenceandlt;/Iandgt; Every parent, educator, and politician should read andlt;Iandgt;The Youngest Minds.andlt;/Iandgt;
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-338) and index.
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Ann B. Barnet, M.D.,andlt;/Bandgt; an expert in early brain development, is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at George Washington University School of Medicine and a member of the Department of Neurology at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;CONTENTSandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Introductionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1. HOW THE BRAIN TAKES SHAPEandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2. THE HOUSE OF MEANINGandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3. PATHWAYS OF LANGUAGEandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4. HOW MUCH HELP DOES A BABY NEED?andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5. LANGUAGE OF THE HEARTandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6. I AND THOU: EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP AND THE DISCOVERY OF SELFandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7. EMPATHY, CONSCIENCE, AND MORAL DEVELOPMENTandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8. CHILDREN'S ANGER AND ADULT VIOLENCEandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9. BEATING THE ODDSandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10. CARING FOR CHILDREN SUMMING UP: SHAPING THE MINDandlt;BRandgt; Acknowledgmentsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Notesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Selected Bibliographyandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Indexandlt;/Iandgt;