Gail Gross - How to Build Your Babys Brain: A Parents Guide to Using New Gene Science to Raise a Smart, Secure, and Successful Child

Praise for How to Build Your Babys Brain

Give your child the greatest opportunity to reach her fullest potential, both emotionally and intellectually. In How To Build Your Babys Brain , Dr. Gross gives new meaning to every cuddle, every hug, every touch, with explanations of how they effect a babys brain development. This is must reading for parents and grandparents and settles the old argument of nature vs. nurture with enough neuroscience to explain the gene factor and helpful advice for the nurturing.

Pat Mitchell, media executive, producer, curator of TEDWomen

Every touch, sight, smell, and interaction impacts the wiring of your childs brain. In the face of such a formidable statement, how very lucky we are to have Gails beautiful, wise, important book to guide us toward being the best that we can be for our children. Ultimately, How to Build Your Babys Brain is not only about helping kids grow, it is about building a better world. As always, Gail builds her case and teaches us with rigor, intelligence, and above all, her trademark compassion.

Mariska Hargitay, Golden Globe and Emmy Awardwinning actress

In How to Build Your Babys Brain , Dr. Gail Gross tells us about the neuroscience of early childhood development, teaching parents not only the stages of brain growth, but also how they can give their children the greatest opportunity to reach their full potential, both emotionally and intellectually. A must-read for all parents.

Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO of Thrive Global and founder of The Huffington Post

Though your genes are a blueprint, theyre only a two-dimensional look at what will be a three-dimensional child. And now we know that the old argument between the influence of nature versus nurture has been settled, pointing to a 50/50 split of equal impact. Though nature supplies your genes, it is the experiences your child has that determine which genes are expressed and which are suppressed. In a sense, your childs brain develops in reaction to the stimulation it receives, and every cuddle, every hug, every touch, will affect her brain development. As Dr. David Rice stated, biology is not destiny. How to Build Your Babys Brain is about the neuroscience of early childhood development, teaching parents not only the stages of brain growth, but also how to positively affect them. This will give your child the greatest opportunity to reach her fullest potential, both emotionally and intellectually.

Goldie Hawn, Academy Award and Golden Globewinning actress, and founder of the Hawn foundation

Dr. Gross teaches you how your babys growing brain is a work in progress, and how you can be part in helping your child attain their fullest potential. The science is there. Make this your manual for giving your child or grandchild the greatest gift you can offer them, the gift of higher intelligence.

Alberto Villoldo, PhD, bestselling author of One Spirit Medicine

Even the most loving and well-meaning parents can inadvertently make mistakes because they dont understand how a childs brain grows and develops in those formative first years. In this pioneering book, child development and parenting expert Dr. Gail M. Gross explains steps you can take to boost your childs ability to learn and succeed in school and life. This practical approach to nurturing young minds is a must-read for every new parent.

Lynda Resnick, entrepreneur and businesswoman

A loving, nurturing, present parent is the most important element in the development of a childs brain, says Dr. Gail Gross. A must-read for all new parents.

Marlene Malek, vice chairman of Friends of Cancer Research

We all want our children to reach their maximum potential. But we are not all aware that we already possess the power to do so. With her signature brilliance and heart, Dr. Gail Gross proves in relatable terms how YOU can shape your childs brainand future.

Lyn Davis Lear, MFT, PhD, psychologist, film producer, Sundance Board of Trustee, social and political activist and philanthropist

Dr. Gail Gross has written another outstanding book, How to Build your Babys Brain. When you find out you are having your first child, you experience both happiness and fright. The frightening part is that you have the responsibility of raising this child. You as a parent have that power. You build your childs brain by stimulationcuddling, reading, singing, etc. Bond and nurture your child; your time with them is powerful. Take control and mold this baby into a healthy, happy child who is ready to take on the world. How to Build Your Babys Brain will point out the tools you need to do this. Know in your hear that you have these tools.

C. R. Bob Bell, Vice Admiral (retired) United States Navy

Gail Gross is a genius in taking complex issues and making them easy to understand. Every young coupleas well as grandparentsshould read How to Build Your Babys Brain . It is powerful in teaching us how to be a major influence on our childs brain development.

Michael B. Yanney, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Burlington Capital

Even the most loving and well-meaning parents can inadvertently make mistakes because they dont understand how a childs brain grows and develops in those formative first years. In this pioneering book, child development and parenting expert Dr. Gail M. Gross explains steps you can take to boost your childs ability to learn and succeed in school and life. This practical approach to nurturing young minds is a must-read for every new parent.

Lynda Resnick, American entrepreneur and businesswoman, owner of The Wonderful Company

We all want the children in our lives to grow into happy, successful adults. In her new book, How to Build Your Babys Brain, Gail offers clinically proven guidance and actionable advice for boosting your childs positive mental and physical trajectory.

Renee Parsons, businesswoman and philanthropist, founder of the Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation

Dr. Gail Gross insightfully and persuasively affirms parents ability to affect the mental, emotional and psychological identify of their children: they become who they are largely through the experiences we share with them. This is a welcome and timely reminder of the gravity and importance of our childrens formative years: a must-read for all present and prospective parents.

Rich, stimulating experience and loving, compassionate relationships are the foundation to becoming all you can be. With important new data and incisive wisdom, Dr. Gail Gross is our guide to being a fulfilled parent of a child who is eager to learn and filled with wonder about the world and their place in it.

In these days when we connect to each other through devices and data, Dr. Gail Gross reminds us of the vital importance of emotional bonding, physical connection, and quality time in raising a child that is healthy and happy in body, mind, and spirt. There is much compassionate wisdom in these pages, and I encourage you to experience it.

Tara Guber, president and founder of Yoga Ed

How to Build Your Babys Brain is a how-to guide on best practices for parents to ensure a babys optimal brain health. An engrossing read.

Michelle King Robson, founder of EmpowHER, and CEO of Safeface cosmetics and founder of HER Inc.

Dr. Gail Gross has written a book with a keen observation that escapes many mothers but is an absolute. Bonding cannot be done by proxy; Mom has only one chance the key to early childhood development is being there.

Ambassador Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn

In 1980, my husband and I started our family of four children, and began the life-long journey of parenting. For me, an integral part of being a mother was being our childrens first teacher. Every day was a day to explore together the world around us. I read the latest, most cutting-edge books on parenting and child development but found nothing to support or explain what I was observing in our childrens development. How to Build Your Babys Brain was exactly the book I was looking for and yearned to read. I can personally attest to the tremendous benefits you will find in your own childs growth and future developmenteven through their adulthoodby applying the principles and techniques found in Dr. Gail Grosss book. What I was learning by trial-and-error and without understanding why some things worked and others didnt, you will discover in this book. I highly recommend that every parent, teacher, and grandparent read this brilliant work and utilize what you will learn to maximize the potential of the little ones you love and cherish. You will find that you can and will profoundly contribute to their bright future. You will be building your babys brain!