The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stanley Greenspan
By (author) T. Berry Brazelton
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 159,Width 231
Category/GenreParenting
ISBN/Barcode 9780738205168
ClassificationsDewey:362.7
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 1 August 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

"What do you get when you cross an esteemed child psychiatrist with a noted pediatrician, both at the apex of their abilities? A darned important book, that's what."-Library Journal (starred review). What do babies and young children really need? For the first time, two famed advocates for children cut through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. They lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children. A Merloyd Lawrence Book

Author Biography

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Brown University. He is a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers, and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., The Irreducible Needs of Children. Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland.