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Summary: A must for expectant parents.
Review: As the researcher who developed the BabyPlus prenatal enrichment system, I was flattered to discover my innovation had been accurately portrayed in one chapter of Sarah Brewer's Super Baby. Neither I nor the technology's manufacturer had prior contact with this physician-author, and that she personally utilized the product before writing about it was highly impressive since both scientific and maternal perspectives are represented. Because the work is intended as a practical guide for parents-to-be, its technical material remains necessarily abbreviated, but several studies in peer-reviewed academic journals over the last decade stand behind the results of my discovery (some are posted in their entirety on easily-located websites), with one independent comparative assessment employing classical music, maternal singing, BabyPlus, and a control group mentioned--from a physician team headed by Mikhail Lazarev, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of the Children's Health Laboratory, Center for Rehabilitative Medicine, Russian Ministry of Health--its newborn and infant outcomes detailed in the popular hour-long British television documentary, "Brave New Babies," narrated by actress Miranda Richardson and aired frequently on The Learning Channel as well as throughout a dozen countries. My own book on the historical, theoretical, and applied aspects of this fascinating subject is due for publication shortly.
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Summary: A must for expectant parents.
Review: As the researcher who developed the BabyPlus prenatal enrichment system, I was flattered to discover my innovation had been accurately portrayed in one chapter of Sarah Brewer's Super Baby. Neither I nor the technology's manufacturer had prior contact with this physician-author, and that she personally utilized the product before writing about it was highly impressive since both scientific and maternal perspectives are represented. Because the work is intended as a practical guide for parents-to-be, its technical material remains necessarily abbreviated, but several studies in peer-reviewed academic journals over the last decade stand behind the results of my discovery (some are posted in their entirety on easily-located websites), with one independent comparative assessment employing classical music, maternal singing, BabyPlus, and a control group mentioned--from a physician team headed by Mikhail Lazarev, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of the Children's Health Laboratory, Center for Rehabilitative Medicine, Russian Ministry of Health--its newborn and infant outcomes detailed in the popular hour-long British television documentary, "Brave New Babies," narrated by actress Miranda Richardson and aired frequently on The Learning Channel as well as throughout a dozen countries. My own book on the historical, theoretical, and applied aspects of this fascinating subject is due for publication shortly.
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Summary: Is this a real book....
Review: or the print version of an infomercial? The author repeatedly pushes something called Baby Plus - an expensive pre-natal stimulation device. She claims some study done in Russia showed it to be remarkably beneficial. But the study is not accurately described and the institution that did the study is not specified. I've read several books about pre-natal and early development and they ALL say that no study has ever convincingly shown pre-natal sound stimulation to be beneficial. I think the manufacturer of the Baby Plus product must have paid the author to write this book - but isn't that supposed to be disclosed somewhere?
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Summary: Very informative, if incomplete, guide to infant development
Review: This book's tack over other pregnancy and early childhood books is its focus on research related to developing the baby's mental capacity. I have always felt that the vast majority of children, probably including myself, are born and raised in an environment that does not help them deal with the world; instead parents let the public school system teach them the basics of education. The last thing I want for my kids is for them to have to learn things critical to their successful development as a citizen while at the same time dealing with the shock of being in a strange environment with lots of kids they don't know. At times the information gets dry, as there are many references to research, but the author makes an effort to present it in a format that makes sense to the layperson.
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