Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
Written by Ellen Galinsky
Narrated by Marguerite Gavin
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About this audiobook
The President of the Families and Work Institute writes a book of groundbreaking advice based on the latest research on child development
Ellen Galinsky has spent her entire career studying early childhood development, first at Vassar College, then for twenty-five years at the Bank Street College of Education, and for the past twenty years as the founder and now president of the Families and Work Institute. What she has found is that there is an enormous gap between what researchers have discovered and what parents have been told about those discoveries. Minds in the Making bridges this gap, bringing the work of more than a hundred scientists into a form that parents everywhere can use. Galinsky has divided this information into the seven skills she believes all children should learn, showing parents not only what children are capable of, but specifically how to develop those capabilities in their children.
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Reviews for Mind in the Making
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this book. It discussed the seven essential life skills every child needs in order to be successful. Some of the topics included self-control, focus, perspective taking, communication, and critical thinking. Not only can children benefit from the read, but parents and teachers as well.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While reading Mind in the Making, there were some moments I felt I was reading common sense statements. I am not proclaiming to be a perfect mother or teacher, but I felt reassured knowing that many of Galinsky’s points I either agreed with or have tried her methods/approaches. I believe the seven skills mapped out throughout the book are pretty on point, although I felt at times some topics definitely intertwined with others. The highlight of the text had to be the various personal vignettes dispersed throughout. I loved reading that other parents and kids experience the same questions, concerns, discipline issues, fears, etc as my family. Some of these story snippets were so simplistic yet so correct in reminding me of the innocence of children.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I found this unsatisfying - I had read more in depth books on many of the topics. But I might recommend it to someone sticking their toe in the water of the child development ocean.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Things you can do to enhance a child’s ability to wait, interest in learning, etc. A mix of research plus some concrete suggestions for games and approaches to particular recurring problems. Never praise your kid for being smart, only for working hard! Etc. I feel like I’ve seen most of this stuff before, but it could make a good introduction, plus the author is very reassuring, not like some advice which suggests that if you didn’t do X prenatally and thereafter your child is doomed.