{"product_id":"blueprint-9781472137890","title":"Blueprint","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage, Book Shamblespodcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand the psychology and the science behind what makes them them! - Professor Tanya Byron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book walks the line between being absolutely fascinating yet accessible. It made me look at how we are raising our kids, as well as my own upbringing, but did so in a totally judgement free way. Loved it' - Clemmie Telford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom birth to adulthood, Blueprint tells you what you need to know about how you became who you are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever wondered how your early life shaped you? From beginning to say simple words like 'mama' and learning how to walk around unaided, to the first day of school and forming new friendships, everyone has been a child. The roots of our adult selves go right back to our first experiences. How we think, act and interact is influenced \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand the psychology and the science behind what makes them them! Engagingly written and wide-ranging, \u003ci\u003eBlueprint\u003c\/i\u003e explains child psychology and development in a compelling and accessible way. Fascinating for anyone (parent or not) curious about how their childhood affects them as an adult, whilst reassuring that not everything is set in stone -- Professor Tanya Byron, psychologist and presenter\u003cbr\u003eImpeccably researched and fascinating, with Lucy Maddox as the ideal guide. If you want to read all about the best evidence on how children's minds develop, this is the book for you -- Claudia Hammond, author and presenter, All in the Mind\u003cbr\u003eThe best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way. Her writing is so warm and vibrant and it really draws you in. She's very nuanced with this - there's no blame or judgement here. It's information about how our early life experience can shape us but also the limitations of that and how other factors are at play as well. It's absolutely fascinating, I couldn't put it down and I recommend that you all read it as well\u003cbr\u003eA very useful addition to the plethora of books written about psychological development . . . highly accessible\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint\u003c\/i\u003e marshals evidence from an enormous range of studies in an engaging and accessible way. Anyone interested in how our childhood shapes us will find this a fascinating and enjoyable read\u003cbr\u003eExcellent. It covered a lot of very important and fascinating information but in a warm and relaxed style for easy reading. I am confident that it would extremely valuable for psychology students with an interest in progressing to clinical practice with children and adolescents\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible science book that introduces the reader to the many reasons we end up as we do. These reasons are varied and complex and Lucy Maddox guides the reader through these diverse topics with great clarity. Her style of introducing us to the people that know most about these areas, through to what this might mean for us all in our everyday lives and relationships is excellent ... It is a book that guides both university students and the public through the complexities of who we are and what we become\u003cbr\u003eThis book walks the line between being absolutely fascinating yet accessible. It made me look at how we are raising our kids, as well as my own upbringing, but did so in a totally judgement free way. Loved it -- Clemmie Telford\u003cbr\u003eThis is a highly accessible and well written book on developmental psychology ... It's warmly and sensitively written, with Lucy's years of experience working in this area coming through in her thoughts. By understanding more about these years of development, then we can help both the next generation with more insight and ourselves with more compassionate understanding of our own personal history -- Chris Winson, 365 Days of Compassion Book Club","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083998241111,"sku":"9781472137890","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472137890.jpg?v=1725550714","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blueprint-9781472137890","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}