Burton L White

New First Three Years of Life

Completely Revised and Updated

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on Burton White's thirty-seven years of observation and research, this detailed guide to the month-by-month mental, physical, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers has supported and guided hundreds of thousands of parents. Now completely revised and updated, it contains the most accurate information and advice available on raising and nurturing the very young child. White gives parents real-world-tested advice on creating a stimulating environment for your infant and toddler; using effective, age-appropriate discipline techniques; how to handle sleep problems; what toys you should (and should not) buy; how to encourage healthy social development; and how and when to toilet-train.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallery Books
• 20th Anniversary edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780684804194
• ISBN-10: 0684804190
• Artikelnr.: 22072771

Autorenporträt

Burton L. White is the director of the Center for Parent Education in Newton, Massachusetts, and the designer of the Missouri New Parents as Teachers Project. The father of four (now grown) children, he lives in Waban, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Section I: She Seven Phases of the First Three Years of Life
1 Birth to Eight Months: Guidelines for Phases I to V
2 Phase I: Birth to Six Weeks
3 Phase II: Six to Fourteen Weeks
4 Phase III: Three and a Half to Five and a Half Months
5 Phase IV: Five and a Half to Eight Months
6 Phase V: Eight to Fourteen Months
7 Phase VI: Fourteen to Twenty-four Months
8 Phase VII: Twenty-four to Thirty-six Months
9 An Overview of Educational Developments During the First Three Years of
Life
Section II: Topics Related to Child Rearing During the First Three Years of
Life 257
Introduction
Part I: Major Issues
Avoidance of Spoiling
Sibling Rivalry
Discipline
Hearing Ability
Developmental Difficulties
Breast-Feeding
Substitute Child Care
Onset of Early Behaviors
Play
Toys
Nature Versus Nurture
Older First-Time Mothers
Part II: Other Issues
Programs That Promise Precocity
Teaching Infants to Swim
The Role of the Father
Bonding
Play Groups
The Bilingual Home
How Amazing Is the Newborn?
Toilet Training
Professional Services
Aider the Third Year
Nursery School
Concluding Remarks
How Tough It Is to Know
A Hot Potato
The Toughest Parts of the Job
New Parents as Teachers
Recommended Readings
Index