[ The authors] make a strong case in this smart manual for encouraging childrens natural inquisitiveness to build their love of learningEducators and parents looking to deepen childrens love of learning should check this out. * Publishers Weekly * This inspiring, science-informed, and practical guide helps you turn your home into a launchpad that prepares your children not only for school but also for the awaiting world. Full of suggestions for how to develop the curiosity and courage needed to ask fundamental questions about life, this is a wonderful contribution to the parenting tool kit. Thank you, Ken and Marsha Bain! -- Daniel J. Siegel, MD, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Whole-Brain Child In this essential guide, Ken and Marsha Bain offer a transformative vision for how parents can nurture their children's natural love of learning. Drawing on compelling research and real family stories, they show how any parent can create an environment where curiosity thrives and setbacks become opportunities for growth. This book is a much-needed antidote to the perfectionism and disengagement that result from our narrow focus on school performance, offering parents practical ways to foster curiosity, deep learning, and a growth mindset instead. At a time when many children feel pressured to chase grades rather than understanding, The Learning Household provides practical wisdom for raising kids who don't just succeed in school but develop the creative and critical thinking skills they'll need throughout their lives. -- Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids This book provides excellent information about sparking curiosity, successful learning strategies, regulating emotions, the powers and dangers of technology and social media, and much more. The Bains base their recommendations on research and their experiences in education over many years. I highly recommend it. -- Henry L. Roediger III, coauthor of Make It Stick The powerful ideas and elegant prose in this bookwith its mind-expanding mix of narrative, history, research, and sciencemake it destined to become a parenting classic. Ken and Marsha Bain illuminate how parents can create a learning household, one that will nurture children who thrive in school and in life. -- James M. Lang, author of Distracted When Ken Bain was my professor during my first semester of college, I benefited directly from his masterful instruction. Years later, when I became a professor myself, that experience profoundly shaped my own teaching. The Learning Household has shown me once againthis time as a parentthat understanding how to tap into childrens natural curiosity matters deeply for cultivating committed lifelong learners. -- John Carlson, Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University
