Dana Suskind: Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential

2100 West Fairy Chasm Road,Milwaukee WI 53217

17 May, 2022

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REDgen and Boswell Books present an evening featuring Dana Suskind for a conversation about her book, Parent Nation. REDgen and USM present an evening featuring Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center Dana Suskind for a conversation about her book, Parent Nation. Part of USM’s Community Speaker Events. Suskind, an early childhood development specialist, changes the way we think about the practical importance of the parent-child bond. Weaving together neuroscience, strategies for parents and policy prescriptions with powerful stories of adversity and hope, Suskind offers a revelatory new look at early childhood and the often-unrecognized essentials for optimal brain development that parents are in the best position to deliver. Written with award-winning science writer Lydia Denworth, Parent Nation uses brain science to lead us ultimately to a society delivering far more robust support for the first years of life. Readers will see from fascinating research illustrated with compelling stories that across ethnicities, faiths, and the socio-economic spectrum, kids need essentially the same things when it comes to healthy brain development - and it all starts with the parents. From Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: "A manifesto, and a handbook, for what we as individuals and as a society are morally called to do for all kids to thrive. Required reading for anyone who has ever loved a child." Dana Suskind Founder and Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. Suskind is author of Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain. She is a member of the American Academic of Pediatrics and a Fellow for the Council on Early Childhood and an advisor to Hillary Clinton’s Too Small to Fail initiative.