Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World

Does your child: Have impressive intellectual abilities but seem puzzled by ordinary interactions with other children? Have deep all-absorbing interests or seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of certain subjects? Bring home mediocre report cards or seem disengaged at school despite his or her obvious intelligence? If you answered yes to these questions this book is for you. Author Katharine Beals uses the term left-brain to describe a type of child whose talents and inclinations lean heavily toward the logical linear analytical and introverted side of the human psyche as opposed to the right brain a term often associated with our emotional holistic intuitive and extroverted side. Drawing on her research and interviews with parents and children Beals helps parents to discover if they are raising a left-brain child and she offers practical strategies for nurturing and supporting this type of child at school and at home. Beals also advises parents in how best to advocate for their children in today''s schools which can be baffled by and unsupportive of left-brain learning styles.