Blueprint

This 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, Blueprint 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
Impeccably 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
The 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
A very useful addition to the plethora of books written about psychological development . . . highly accessible
Blueprint 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
Excellent. 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
Blueprint 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
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
This 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