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The Whole-Brain Child
- 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel MD, Tina Payne Bryson PhD
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Publisher's Summary
NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book.
“Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.” -Harvey Karp, M.D.
In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain - and make accessible - the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth.
Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.
What the critics say
“[A] useful child-rearing resource for the entire family.... The authors include a fair amount of brain science, but they present it for both adult and child audiences.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Strategies for getting a youngster to chill out [with] compassion.” (The Washington Post)
“This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child. This is my new baby gift.” (Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia and The Shelter of Each Other)
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- Heather M.
- 2019-07-04
Some good info.
This book was alright, it had some good information, but it also seemed like it was trying to justify the enabling of false sense of entitlement in children. Some of their "tips" are exactly what has caused a lot of problems with my stepchild and I definitely don't agree with praising a child for every little thing. Kids need to learn resilience, and shouldn't be praised for every little "accomplishment" like wiping their own butts or cleaning up their own messes. This is what causes children to grow up and believe that they need constant praise and gratification for every little thing they do, so by the time they get to the working part of life, they can't keep a job because the co-workers and employer doesn't coddle them.
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- maya
- 2019-02-16
Highly Recommend!!
This was by far the best parenting book I’ve ever read! Siegel describes the parts of the brain and their function in ways that are so easy to understand. I’ve read many books but none as practical as this. I love how he explains the strategies and the effects on the brain. I will be reading this book again and again in hopes that I can retain as much of it as possible. I’m so thankful I took the time to read this. It’s life changing!
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- Huyana Turner
- 2020-07-28
Great Insight
Personally found it difficult to get into this book when I tried reading it the first time. I'm glad that I purchased the audio book for my second attempt, as it made the chapters feel much more accessible.
This book provides a unique opportunity for parents/caregivers/teachers to better understand the inner workings of the developing brain.
I appreciate that each chapter had a clear focus and take away that could be applied immediately.
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- Robert Mills
- 2018-09-14
An amazing gift for any parent.
I can’t say enough great things about the Whole Brain Child. I really wish someone would’ve given it to us as a baby shower gift and eased up on the excessive boxes of diapers. The tools this book provides new parents (and old) for dealing with the emotions and struggles of everyday life with kids is game changing. I noticed a major difference in not only my children but myself and my partner personally. We became a more confident parents as a result of new knowledge and struggles became opportunities. Well done to the authors. We’ll be reading it over and over again. #Audible1
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- Crystal Atkinson
- 2018-06-30
Must Read!
A must read for everyone and anyone who spends time with kids of all ages. Perfect mix of the science behind how the brain works and develops while using common, accessible language.
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- Nathan Loney
- 2021-06-16
very well put together.
I am just about to step into fatherhood with a daughter on the way due this October. what I read in this book I am hoping to reference all throughout her childhood. I believe developing my kid's brain from an early age is very important and this book gives you a very good way to navigate thus very thing. highly recommend.
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- Richard Galambos, C.E.T.
- 2018-12-06
Easily connects brain sciences to parenting
I found this book useful as another perspective on neuroscience.
Most everything that I have studied about how the brain works is paralleled in this book. A great way to link brain science and child development {parenting) in an easy to understand way.
At least for me!
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- Tzara
- 2018-09-13
Brain science
It took me a long time to finish because I would stop to digest it. It's info heavy and taught me a lot of things I needed to know.
I highly recommend this book for parents with especially difficult children.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-11-13
Hated it
Didn’t enjoy this book. A ton of psycho babble non-sense. Very little in the way of science based approach. No wonder kids are as soft these days as they are. Need doers, not feelers!
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- zayed
- 2021-09-26
Understand their brain to make them grow up beautifully
A book like no other. Everyone of us struggle sometimes with their kids, regardless how calm and understanding you are. 12 strategies you can teach your kid from birth to grown up.
Plus will help you to understand your kid like never before. And sometimes you will realize that you are already doing it, just by following your inner instincts. And they will show you why it’s the best way.
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- Alex
- 2018-01-15
Info is great, narration is horrible
The information on the book was groundbreaking for me, however the narration was incredibly hard to follow: it felt like listening to a 5th grader read through a textbook.
I really enjoyed the tips, the science behind them, and the overall concept. I really just wish authors would stop reading their own books.
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- Jeannette
- 2012-10-01
A very helpful listen!
This book focuses on promoting the psycho-social development of your child(ren). Which, in my opinion, is of vital importance in today's culture. If you get this book thinking it will help you earn your kid a few more IQ points or improve her math grades, you'll have to take a step back and look at the big picture. Confident, secure, and articulate people are more likely to perform to their full potential in every aspect of their lives, than people who hold themselves back. This book provided useful tools that I have been able to apply successfully with my 3 year old son, as well as tools I am keeping in mind for when he is older. I highly recommend this book for anyone with children up through pre-adolescence. I think they have a separate book for the teen years.
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- Claire
- 2017-01-16
Meh
There were some solid concepts, but the narration was dry, and it just seemed to drag on too repetitively. I had a lot higher hopes, as a counselor recommended this to me. The summary chart chapters by age at the end of the book would have made a great podcast that would have covered enough.
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- Carolyn
- 2016-04-15
Useful Tools; Impratical and Contrived Pet Theory
I really enjoyed the first half of this book. The concept of using neuroscience to help make good parenting choices was attractive to me and as a parenting book this is not a preachy, judgmental, or excessively ideological one. It emphasizes twelve strategies for helping kids develop good mental health maintenance and self-reflection skills that are related to integrating the various parts of the brain together so kids can learn to make good choices, manage big emotions, process difficult experiences, and overall feel in control of their thoughts and state of mind. The tools they provide are practical and are designed to complement other parenting strategies, not become the One True Parenting Way as is presented by many books on how to raise a well-rounded child.
While I liked and agreed with the integration aspects of the book, and to some extent with the implicit/explicit memory sections, once the topic turned to the authors' pet theory, called "mindsight", I found it much less credible. The metaphor of the bicycle wheel gets stretched pretty far, and despite being a pretty introspective person, I honestly found it hard to follow or visualize. It seems much better suited to use in formal therapy, if it works for the patient, rather than in parenting. How many parents are going to be able to rattle off a long guided visualization about the rim and the spokes and the hub and choosing different rim points... it was too complicated and too contrived to be useful. Unlike the rest of the book, which gave much more believable exchanges between parents and kids, the mindsight-related topics sounded contrived and the examples were from one author's therapy experiences, not from parenting moments, which is telling. I also felt like the message of "you can choose to feel differently/think about other things and that will solve your problems!" message to be not just unrealistic, but also potentially harmful for a young person struggling with a more serious mental health issue.
This audiobook is narrated by the authors. They are competent narrators, if a little slow-paced for my taste.
Four stars might be too generous but it is so much better than the average parenting book that I can ignore the less realistic parts and take away the most useful tools, which are good enough to make it worth rounding up in my opinion.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2012-06-18
Must-Listen for all parents (and people!)
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This audiobook teaches so much about HOW the brain works. I bought the book (paper) but having 8 kids...um...I rarely had time to read. So, I downloaded it and was able to listen to it while I did other things and...it's just worth the listen. I will listen to this again.
What did you learn from The Whole-Brain Child that you would use in your daily life?
One thing this book brought out...about the importance of "telling our story" was actually very important to me at the time I heard it. Shortly after listening to this...I lost my 3 year old at Disney. Formerly, I might have thought it good that she "forget" about it...but instead we told and retold that story to each other every day often for a long time...and she seems now to have no weird "fears" about being lost...
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- M. Granger
- 2018-11-01
boring
other books on brain development are more interesting. this one is rather boring. I don't recommend
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- Sean Knudsen
- 2018-01-17
Repetitive and slow
This books had some good food for thought, and strategies for engaging with kids, but the narration was painfully slow. The narrators repeat themselves again and again, which makes you wonder if you’re in a time warp. The book focuses on a concept called “mindsight” which is poorly defined, though it seems an awful lot like meditation. The book keeps making analogies to understand how the human brain works, but the language is so simple and the concepts so dumbed down i felt like the authors wrote the book for a 10 year old. Here must be better parenting books out there.
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- Nina K
- 2018-11-06
The worst voice narration I've heard so far
So the book overall is not bad, a lot of basic principles that you many not even think about, BUT the narration - the worst! Absolutely impossible to listen to, especially the woman's. It's... like... there... is... a... pause... after... every... word. The voice is slurring, slow, too many pauses.
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- julie santos
- 2019-04-07
Does not work on my strong willed child
these discipline suggestons do not work on my strong willed toddler. You can't change the subject or promise him things 'later" as a way to deter a tantrum.. There are great tips, and they work well on my other son, but on my spirited son I have 0 success.
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- ANDRÉ
- 2012-08-31
NOTHING NEW
I've read Mindsight 6 months ago. And I thought this one would be an interesting pick. I got disappointed. Too much psychology and too little brain science. Repetitive and slow. I had to put at 1 and 1/2 speed to enjoy the listening. There better books out there.
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