NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

Wow this book blew my mind. In some ways it gives me hope for kids... but on the other hand it just shows we have no idea how to help kids. The helpless feeling makes me feel kind of sad, but it still helpful.

It was an interesting book, and nowadays some of insights keep popping up in mainstream press (Oh really, starting the school day later will give the highschoolers more sleep. Yep, genius :D)

Amazing! The new research in behavioral psychology and neuroscience addresses why kids do what they do, learn the way they learn, and what parents and educators can do to best meet their needs. It was a fascinating read written in layman's terms and is a must read for any parent.

This is the first parenting book that has appealed to me as intelligent and worth reading. Most are propaganda for one particular person's idea of what kind of kid to raise. This is more a survey of research and finding out what seems to be working, and why. Great stuff!