I read the first edition of this book a while back and I ignored this book for some time because I didn't pick up that it's a second edition of a previous book. It took some thinking and research before I finally decided that this second edition was sufficiently different to warrant the purchase price. I can tell you now that it is well worth it. This second edition is quite a different book. Cozolino gets much more into the physical aspects of the brain in describing what the mind/brain does and how it does it. Several new (to me) ideas came across in this second edition. For the first two or three years of life the brain's left hemisphere is not operational and thus the right hemisphere operates without the cognitive controls of the more mature brain. Because this right hemisphere is mainly interested in detecting danger, escaping, and keeping the individual safe, in situations of abuse and neglect at these young ages, the brain can run amok without cognitive control from the left hemisphere. These fears become embedded in the brain's "fear circuits" and life long fear/anxiety can be the unfortunate result. Thus the importance of making the 2-3 year-old feel safe, secure, and trusting always. At age 4 to 6 the left hemisphere brain kicks in and helps keep things more under control. (Margaret Wilkinson also discusses this in Changing Minds) The other idea which helped me a lot was that in order for the "self" to develop, the caregiver must treat the child as a unique individual who needs help figuring out what and who he/she is from day one. Interested questions and listening are essential for the child's self to develop. Otherwise the resulting individual will not know where or how he/she fits into society and will not know how to utilize the relationships necessary for performing in said society. The resulting adult person will outwardly be responsive in relationships but an empty shell inwardly without understanding a personal direction to follow in life, thus an "empty shell". These two ideas explain some personalities I have known.
To summarize these ideas: the human child needs brain/mind psychological help and support to get started in life perhaps just as much or more than he/she needs physical/security help. The brain at birth has a ways to grow just the same as the whole body does.
These are wonderful ideas to have explained in an understandable manner.
I think Prof. Cozolino is a national treasure. He writes like "everyman", covering physical, psychological, and therapy in a systems manner. I've never read an author quite like him before. He's intellectual, articulate, and down-to-earth.
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