Your Baby and Child From Birth to Age Five

This newest edition of Penelope Leachrs"s much-loved, trusted, and comprehensive classic-an international best seller for twenty-five years, with nearly two million copies sold in America alone-encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of todayrs"s changing lifestyles. In her authoritative and practical style, Leach responds fully to parentsrs" every concern about the psychological, emotional, and physical well-being of their children. She describes, in easy-to-follow stages from birth through starting school, how children develop: what they are doing, experiencing, and feeling. And she tackles both the questions parents often ask-What does a new babyrs"s wakefulness or a toddlerrs"s tantrum mean?-and those that are more difficult: How should new parents time their return to work, choose day care, tell a child about a new baby or an impending divorce? Whatever the concern or question,Your Baby and Childsupplies the information, encouragement, and reassurance every parent-to-be or new parent needs.

Penelope Leach was educated at Cambridge University and at the London School of Economics, where she received her Ph.D. in psychology, after which she studied many aspects of child development and child-rearing under the auspices of Britain's Medical Research Council. A Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a founding member of the UK branch of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, she works on both sides of the Atlantic and in various capacities for organizations concerned with prenatal care and birth, family-friendly working practices, day care and early-years education. She currently co-directs a major program of research in the UK into the effects of various forms and combinations of care on children's development from birth to school age.


From the Hardcover edition.