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    Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
    Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
    Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
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    Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs

    Written by Ellen Galinsky

    Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 9, 2020
    ISBN9780063002340
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    Ellen Galinsky

    Ellen Galinsky, president and cofounder of the Families and Work Institute, helped establish the field of work and family life at Bank Street College of Education, where she was on the faculty for twenty-five years. At the institute, she continues to conduct seminal research on the changing workforce and changing family. Her more than forty books and reports include Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting and the now-classic The Six Stages of Parenthood. She has received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award from Vassar College. She served as the elected president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2005. She holds a Master of Science degree in child development and education from Bank Street College of Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in child study from Vassar College. A popular keynote speaker, she was a presenter at the White House Conference on Child Care in 1997 and on Teenagers in 2000. She is featured regularly in the media, including appearances on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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    • 5/5
      I 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.
    • 4/5
      While 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.
    • 3/5
      I 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.
    • 4/5
      Things 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.