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Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten: Raise IQ points by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes Points
by David Perlmutter, Carol Colman
by David Perlmutter, Carol Colman
Definitely worth reading if you are the parent of children under the age of 5. Two things I didn't like about this book: 1) he repeated himself a lot. I think he said "You can actually turn on your child's "smart genes" by parenting decisions you make during their early childhood" about a bajillion times. Yeah, we got that from the subtitle. Here's the thing: most parents who are concerned enough with raising a smart child that they'll elect to read a 200+ page book to tell them how to do that are probably smart enough themselves to understand the concept the first 20 times you explain it to them. He actually repeated himself a lot. I think each chapter was written to be independent (each covering a different means of raising IQ points) so when you read them in succession you hear the same things over and over again.
My second complaint is that in the nutrition chapter, he's telling you all these vitamins and nutrients that kids need, and that breastfeeding moms should be taking, and that he recommends "Dr. Perlmutter's Best DHA" or whatever it's called. Anyway, he has his own brand of supplements, and he plugs them in his book, which I guess makes sense, but makes me question just how important these things really are for my child, if he's benefiting financially by convincing me that I need them. I would have preferred him to remain unbiased.
So, those are the things I didn't like about the book, but there were things I liked. He was pretty good about giving specifics on studies that backed up his claims, and had footnotes for the sources. Also, he had some good ideas of games to play with your baby or toddler to improve their math skills (oh yeah, he said "You don't want to teach them what to think, so much as HOW to think" a few thousand times as well) anyway, and they were easily adapted to "grow" with your child, so that was good. I really loved the chapter on music, and on how physical play actually makes your child smarter. There were a lot of good ideas to put into use. So yeah, like I said, you should read it, but don't feel guilty about skimming.
My second complaint is that in the nutrition chapter, he's telling you all these vitamins and nutrients that kids need, and that breastfeeding moms should be taking, and that he recommends "Dr. Perlmutter's Best DHA" or whatever it's called. Anyway, he has his own brand of supplements, and he plugs them in his book, which I guess makes sense, but makes me question just how important these things really are for my child, if he's benefiting financially by convincing me that I need them. I would have preferred him to remain unbiased.
So, those are the things I didn't like about the book, but there were things I liked. He was pretty good about giving specifics on studies that backed up his claims, and had footnotes for the sources. Also, he had some good ideas of games to play with your baby or toddler to improve their math skills (oh yeah, he said "You don't want to teach them what to think, so much as HOW to think" a few thousand times as well) anyway, and they were easily adapted to "grow" with your child, so that was good. I really loved the chapter on music, and on how physical play actually makes your child smarter. There were a lot of good ideas to put into use. So yeah, like I said, you should read it, but don't feel guilty about skimming.
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