Film featuring John Medina

      Take a lively, 45-minute tour of the 12 original Brain Rules for home, work, and school—from “Exercise boosts brain power” to “Sleep well, think well.”

      BRAIN RULES FOR BABY. Copyright © 2014 by John J. Medina.

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      SECOND EDITION

       Edited by Tracy Cutchlow

       Designed by Greg Pearson

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication has been applied for.

      ISBN-13: 978-0-9832633-9-5

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       To my amazing kids

       and their even more amazing mother,

       for teaching me that when confronted with a choice

       between two equally plausible theories,

       it is always best to take the one

       that is funnier.

      contents

brain rules

introduction

       Parenting’s purpose is brain development ~ The importance of being selective about science ~ Why do we need parents, anyway? ~ Six inescapable questions

pregnancy

       Four things that improve a baby’s brain development ~ Is morning sickness a good thing? ~ When your baby can hear you, smell you ~ The effects of severe stress

relationship

       Bundle of joy? Yes, but… ~ The four biggest reasons you’ll fight ~ Guys, get out the vacuum cleaner ~ Two steps to a relationship that’s good for baby

       smart baby: seeds

       8,000 neurons per second! ~ The brain can’t learn unless it feels safe ~ What does “smart” mean? ~ Seven types of intelligence ~ Every brain is wired differently

       smart baby: soil

       The best kind of playroom ~ Talking to your child improves IQ ~ How to raise cognition scores by 50 percent ~ TV before age 2 ~ The harm in hyper-parenting

       happy baby: seeds

       Could happiness be genetic? ~ Where emotions happen in the brain ~ Magical mirror neurons ~ Emotions and logic are not as separate as you think

       happy baby: soil

       The secret to happiness ~ Using empathy to calm your child’s nerves ~ The one parenting style that works

       moral baby

       Are babies born moral? ~ The three-legged stool of discipline ~ Kids lie a lot (every two hours, by age 4) ~ Explaining your rules

       sleepy baby

       The Tower of Terror ~ Let sleeping babies lie ~ Reading all the baby sleep books ~ NAP vs. CIO: a prizefight ~ A four-step plan

       conclusion

       practical tips

       acknowledgments

       index

brain rules

      pregnancy

       Healthy mom, healthy baby

      relationship

       Start with empathy

      smart baby

       Feeling safe enables learning Face time, not screen time

      happy baby

       Make new friends but keep the old Labeling emotions calms big feelings

      moral baby

       Firm discipline with a warm heart

      sleepy baby

       Test before you invest

introduction

      Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development, I made a mistake. The parents, I thought, had come for a tasty helping of science about the brain in utero—a little neural crest biology here, a little axonal migration there. But in the question-and-answer session after each lecture, the questions were always the same. A very pregnant woman, one rainy night in Seattle, asked, “What can my baby learn while she is still in my womb?” Another woman wondered, “What’s going to happen to my marriage after we bring our baby home?” A dad delivered his question with some intensity: “How do I get my kid into Harvard?” An anxious mom asked, “How can I make sure my little

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