Right from Birth: Building Your Child's Foundation for Life Birth to 18 Months (Goddard Parenting Guides) - Hardcover

Ramey, Craig T.; Ramey, Sharon Landesman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966639707 ISBN 13: 9780966639704

Publisher: Goddard Pr Inc, 1999

Synopsis

A concise, up-to-the-minute guide for parents on what the latest research says--and doesn't say--about enhancing child development and early learning in the critical first 18 months of life. Internationally renowned child development experts Dr. Craig Ramey and Dr. Sharon Ramey have written a readable, informative book that tells parents what works and what counts in raising good-natured, capable, confident, caring, and accomplished children right from birth.

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Review

What does the new research on brain development and early learning really say - and not say? In this wonderful new book, Drs. Craig and Sharon Ramey, well-known child development researchers, help parents separate fact facts from fads and give solid, easy-to-read-and-understand advice on parenting practices that make a difference over the long-term.

Their focus is on the child's total development - how growth, learning, communication and social and emotional development interact and depend on one another. "The more you know about how infants and young children develop," they write, "the more you understand why some parenting practices are more effective than others in producing a good-natured, socially responsive, creative, and accomplished child."

To help you put this knowledge to use, the authors have identified "Seven Essentials" that children need in their everyday lives, and they show you month-by-month how to provide activities to put these into practice. Even for the busiest parent, the activities are easy to do, fun to learn and don't require buying anything. Equally important, they can be done by anyone, anywhere, at any time. And while this book covers birth to 18 months, the "Essentials" are applicable as children move beyond toddlerhood.

The authors' down-to-earth approach is reflected in their advice to parents about the use of the suggested activities: "Personalize them. Let them reflect your own interests, personality, culture, values and traditions. Be creative. Be relaxed. Rest assured you can and will be the best kind of parent you always have dreamed of being." -- Work and Family Life, March, 1999

From Library Journal

These Goddard parenting guides, written for the educated parent, report recent research on the functioning of the brain and the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and social growth. When new findings contradict old theories, the authors separate fact from fad. While each book does give concrete suggestions on what to do at various ages, the emphasis is on the developmental point in the child's life at a particular time. The Rameys, both psychology professors at the University of Alabama, describe seven principles essential to good parenting, culled from years of research. They take pains to explain why punishment is detrimental to babies. Pruett, a professor of child psychiatry at Yale's Child Study Center, also describes how to set limits for toddlers in his discussion of the tremendous development that occurs between 18 months and three years. Each book takes a careful look at good day-care solutions and encourages parents to relax and enjoy their children. The authors recognize that new parents may sometimes feel awkward interacting with their small children, and both books demonstrate how important that personal contact is. The series will continue with issues of concern to parents of three- to eight-year-olds, also written by the Rameys. Both books are recommended for public and academic libraries.AMargaret Cardwell, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Clarkston
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Goddard Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0966639707
• ISBN 13: 9780966639704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288