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Professor Dana Suskind, MD, is both founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, which is based on scientific research that demonstrates the critical importance of early language exposure on the developing child. Dr. Suskind received the University of Chicago Medical Faculty Award as “Distinguished Leader in Program Innovation.” She is an advisor on Hillary Clinton’s Too Small to Fail initiative and part of the White House initiative on creating a pathway to ending the achievement gap. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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	Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain 4.14 avg rating — 3,974 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential, Fulfilling Society's Promise by Dana Suskind, Lydia Denworth (Goodreads Author) (Primary Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 299 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI 4.28 avg rating — 187 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy: Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do about It by John A. List (Editor), Dana Suskind (Editor), Lauren H. Supplee (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential, Fulfilling Society's Promise - أمّة المربّين Unlocking Every Child's Potential, Fulfilling Society's Promise - أمّة ا&# by Dana Suskind, Lydia Denworth (Goodreads Author), لطف الصََّّرَار& (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy: Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It by John List (Editor), Dana Suskind (Editor), Lauren Supplee (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Parent talk is probably the most valuable resource in our world. No matter the language, the culture, the nuances of vocabulary, or the socioeconomic status, language is the element that helps develop the brain to its optimum potential. In the same way, the lack of language is the enemy of brain development.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

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“In one hour, the highest SES children heard an average of two thousand words, while children of welfare families heard about six hundred. Differences in parental responses to children were also striking. Highest SES parents responded to their children about 250 times per hour; lowest SES parents responded to their children fewer than 50 times in the same period. But the most significant and most concerning difference? Verbal approval. Children in the highest SES heard about forty expressions of verbal approval per hour. Children in welfare homes, about four.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

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“Instead of instilling a sense of the absolutes in abilities, says Professor Dweck, what we as parents and educators must engender is the sense that effort is the pivotal factor in achievement, that giving up, not a lack of ability, is usually the cause of failure.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

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