The Early Childhood Years

the 2- to 6- year-old

Plot

A text for parents provides information and guidelines concerning a wide variety of aspects of child development from ages 2-6. The text is segmented chapters covering 6-12 months from the 25th through the 72nd month of life. Topics range from perceptive development, mobility, speech, learning, behavior, coordination, food habits, eating habits, and sleep, to illnesses, nightmares, bed-wetting, and discipline problems. Special parenting topics such as adoption, working mothers, day care, gifted children, child abuse, separation and divorce, dyslexia, child safety, hyperactivity, and step-parenthood also are addressed.