| View Larger Image | Pre-Parenting: Nurturing Your Child from Conception | Paperbackby Thomas R. Verny (Author), Pamela Weintraub (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Simon & Schuster | | Page Count: | 336 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 23, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 356,009th |
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How does a mother's tone of voice affect her unborn child? What kind of music, if any, should a child be exposed to in the womb? Can parents influence the predispositions of their child to traits like depression, or something as elusive as basic goodness? Thanks to revolutionary discoveries in neuroscience and developmental psychology in recent years, says Dr. Thomas Verny, we now know more about these questions than ever. In Pre-Parenting, Dr. Verny translates this research into practical advice for parents and parents-to-be. Pre-Parenting explains how even the most ordinary events can evoke a cascade of biological changes in a baby -- not only in the brain but also in the immune system and throughout the body. Every experience, from a baby's trip down the birth canal to the way she is held or spoken to, can shape her health and personality. An internationally recognized expert in early human development, Dr. Verny shows parents how to use this new information to create an ideal environment for their babies, enhance their babies' intelligence and social skills, and become better parents through "conscious parenting." Insightful and encouraging, Pre-Parenting is an invaluable guide for parents who want to help actualize their child's full potential, beginning with conception. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 12 reviews)
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A holistic view on prenatal care by a medical doctor with medical arguments by Rudi (Spain)  5 Stars
March 08, 2007
Well written fast paced book ! It stresses the extreme importance of psychological and spiritual attitudes on the development of the unborn child and sheds a new light on the parental responsability in this matter. The author draws extensively on his personal experience as a neonatologist (treating babies that were born prematurely) to illustrate the big impact of affectionate and psychological care on new borns and their subsequent adult behaviour.
The author also proposes the prospective parents to actively prepare (and change) their mindsets and attitudes (if necessary) through the keeping of a journal with specific contents which facilitate becoming aware of ones implicit thoughts and vision of the Universe.
Well recommended if you are also "a prospective one" !
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Not for obsessive types by Callista (Ontario, Canada)  4 Stars
March 28, 2006
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Tomorrow's Baby. I learned lots of new things such as the fact that the ova (egg) is always fertilized when sperm are about but the woman's body sometimes aborts it because of the male cells. The woman's body thinks it's an intruder. Also that at only 28 days old, when the embryo is only 1/4 inch long, the blood vessel that will become the heart begins to beat and the three primary parts of the brain have formed.
Unlike another reviewer, I found the talk about homosexuality interesting. I don't believe that the author is saying homosexuality is bad, but it isn't the norm. I found it intriguing to learn that homosexuality may be caused by stress during pregnancy because that would prove that homosexuals have no control over their feelings.
Someone else mentioned the author saying that stress, trauma, depression, abuse and the like during pregnancy causes mental health troubles in the child later on. I don't find that blaming. I don't feel that because I was depressed during my pregancy, if my daughter turns out to have mental health issues it will be my fault. It's not that concrete. Her health may or may not have something to do with my pregancy. The point of the research is to show that we need to implement some strategies to help those who are pregnant and poor/stressed/depressed/being abused and maybe in a few years the rate of mental health issues will decrease.
I especially enjoyed the summaries and key points at the end of each chapter. At times I had a hard time understanding the scientific talk but it wasn't that advanced. I just needed a quiet corner to read uninterupted. It's not a beginner's book though.
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Disappointing: not credible, guilt-tripping for mothers by Adria Kyne (Boston Exurbia, MA USA)  1 Stars
April 25, 2005
I bought this book thinking that the author would describe current research and try to distill it into advice for parents. Unfortunately, it frequently sinks into an impassioned but unscientific screed of his personal opinions about prenatal development.
There are two huge flaws to this book. One, he sloppily and disingenuously dismisses research that doesn't fit in with his worldview. For example, he criticizes Harris' The Nurture Assumption by saying that "her conclusions run counter to" the findings of other research studies (um, that's how the scientific method works--to advance scientific knowledge, people have to challenge current thinking!), and misprepresents her work by saying that she bases the book on her personal experiences. Actually, it's an extremely well-supported book (note the forward from respected MIT psychologist Steven Pinker), and while Harris does mention her own experiences, her arguments are based on detailed analysis of genetic/enviromental studies. Frankly, I suspect that Verny simply couldn't follow the math, and that's why he pans her book without addressing the technical analysis.
Two, he tries to support his more controversial opinions with highly emotional anecdotes, rather than actual evidence-based data. For example, the author claims that fetuses can hear their mother's thoughts (memories of which he believes can be uncovered with regression hypnosis, a practice that is not scientifically credible). Even more bizarrely, Verny claims that a 16-year-old was crushed to death in a car accident because he was traumatized by a premature birth brought on by pressure to the mother's abdomen. That is magical thinking, not scientific thinking.
This book would simply be ridiculous and a disappointment, but Verny puts so much pressure on mothers that instead I find it to be a travesty. Not only does he claim that mothers can't have stress, anger or unhappiness during their pregnancies without risking damage to their babies, but they cannot even have any negative thoughts about their babies because their babies will "hear" their thoughts, be psychologically damaged, and remember them years later! Mothers are the recipients of enough paternalistic advice covering every aspect of what they eat, how much they exercise, when they stop work, etc etc. When one is pregnant, you quickly get the feeling that you no longer own your own body. But now Verny says that not only is your body not yours, but your thoughts aren't either. Mothers don't need to deal with spurious guilt-tripping, in addition to everything else.
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Beware of Homophobia by Stephanie Kimball (Sacramento, CA) 1 Stars
February 20, 2005
I was delighted with this book until I hit page 43 and the section entitled "Maternal Stress and Sexual Orientation." I was both disgusted and offended to read the way Verny perpetuates homosexuality as abnormal. He is irresponsible and inflammatory in his words and implications. He basically states that a mother causes homosexuality in her children, that all gay men are effeminate and that lesbians are not nurturing females. On page 45 he writes, "Scientists say the findings make sense..." Scientists? What scientists? He uses this and rat studies to promote his spurious science. I was originally going to return this book to Amazon, but instead have decided to take it out of circulation and spend my money on a book that has some legitimacy.
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Excellent 5 Stars
June 07, 2003
This book explains how the behavior of parents during pregnancy, childbirth and early childhood can influence the brain and body of the child on becoming a healthy, intelligent and emotionally fit child. Notwithstanding the previous reviews arguing that this work lacks cientific support, it appears to me that more than 95% of Verny's theories stand upon research from prestigious scientists from the four corners of the world. In fact, the book has hundreds of bibliographic references. Verny explains in a clear and concise fashion how prenatal stress, music, domestic violence, desire to give birth or not, conversation, drug and alcohol abuse, among other factors that you can control, can shape the brain of the unborn child. At the end of every chapter you will find a short list of advices and good practices to have an emotionally and mentally healthy child. Well written and a pleasure to read. For spanish speakers, there is a translation from a Catalunian editor, available from spanish internet book stores. The pregnancy and early childhood periods are, according to the author, paramount in the development of the brain. Afterwards the brain structure is almost fixed. The author gives you the advice on how to navigate successfully through these critical periods of the life of your child.
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