An edition of The myth of the first three years (1999)

The myth of the first three years

a new understanding of early brain development and lifelong learning

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An edition of The myth of the first three years (1999)

The myth of the first three years

a new understanding of early brain development and lifelong learning

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"Most parents today have accepted the message that the first three years of a baby's life determine whether or not the child will grow into a successful, thinking person. But is this powerful warning true? Do all the doors shut if baby's brain doesn't get just the right amount of stimulation during the first three years of life? Have discoveries from the new brain science really proved that parents are wholly responsible for their child's intellectual successes and failures alike?

Are parents losing the "brain wars"? No, argues national expert John Bruer. In The Myth of the First Three Years he offers parents new hope by debunking our most popular beliefs about the all-or-nothing effects of early experience on a child's brain and development."--BOOK JACKET.

"Bruer agrees that valid scientific studies to support the existence of critical periods in brain development, but he painstakingly shows that these same brain studies prove that learning and cognitive development occur throughout childhood and, indeed, one's entire life. Making hard science comprehensible for all readers, Bruer marshals the neurological and psychological evidence to show that children and adults have been hardwired for lifelong learning.

Parents have been sold a bill of goods that is highly destructive because it overemphasizes infant and toddler nurturing to the detriment of long-term parental and educational responsibilities."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
244

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Cover of: El Mito de Los Tres Primeros Anos
El Mito de Los Tres Primeros Anos
January 1, 2000, Ediciones Paidos Iberica
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Cover of: El mito de los tres primeros años
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-235) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
155.4/13
Library of Congress
BF318 .B79 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 244 p. :
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL42238M
Internet Archive
mythoffirstthree00brue
ISBN 10
0684851849
LCCN
99034934
OCLC/WorldCat
41516562, 99034934
Library Thing
1464798
Goodreads
1004404

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