{"id":137571,"date":"2007-01-30T18:16:26","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T23:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/30\/science-of-parenting-by-margot-sunderland\/"},"modified":"2007-01-30T18:16:26","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T23:16:26","slug":"science-of-parenting-by-margot-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=137571","title":{"rendered":"Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/scienceparenting.gif\" title=\"scienceparenting.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/scienceparenting.thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"scienceparenting.gif\" \/><\/a>Okay, so this isn&#8217;t your cozy up to the fireplace with a nice cup of tea reading, but it was a very interesting book. Sunderland bases her research on scientific studies and brain scans. She explores how parenting choices can effect a child&#8217;s brain development. Most new parents look at their babies and wonder, &#8220;what is going on in there?&#8221; Sunderland answers that question with almost more detail than the new parent can manage. It is a book about science after all. I know I won&#8217;t remember what part of the brain my child is using when he has a temper tantrum (higher, mammalian and reptilian are the choices), but the advice that she offers is helpful.<br \/>\nMost parents want to do what&#8217;s best for their children. After reading this book, they may feel added pressure. I was glad that I read the book as it reaffirmed some of the decisions that I have made as a parent. However, it is intimidating to realize that your decisions can have such long-term consequences. As the review in Booklist states, &#8220;Parents who are disabused of erroneous parenting lore no longer have the comfort of believing that there are no right answers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the brighter side, Sunderland also talks about the &#8220;chemistry of love.&#8221; Parents can take some solace in knowing that tickling and snuggling their children, provide them with &#8220;joy juice.&#8221; Well, at least I&#8217;ve got one thing right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so this isn&#8217;t your cozy up to the fireplace with a nice cup of tea reading, but it was a very interesting book. Sunderland bases her research on scientific studies and brain scans. She explores how parenting choices can effect a child&#8217;s brain development. Most new parents look at their babies and wonder, &#8220;what&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V6sR-zMT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}