Your Growing Child

From Babyhood through Adolescence

Penelope Leach

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English

Random House USA Inc
12 March 1986

Child care & upbringing

An A-to-Z compendium of vital information and comfort for every mother and father-from new parents bringing home their first infant to parents of adolescents soon to strike out on their own.

As""invaluable as Spock.... An essential reference book for every parent"" (New York Daily News). . From the universally admired author of the bestselling classic Your Baby and Child.

Whether Penelope Leach is telling you what to do when your child suddenly develops a high fever or earache or rash, or suggesting how you might determine the reason behind your eight-year-old's unwillingness to go to school, or helping you deal with your adolescent's developing sexuality, Penelope Leach's full and specific advice always reflects not only the practice of leading medical authorities but her own immense expertise and experience as a child psychologist, her extraordinary sensitivity to the feelings of both child and parent, and her grasp of the realities-financial, professional, and social-of life today.

By: Penelope Leach
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 166mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 1.076kg
ISBN: 9780394710662
ISBN 10: 0394710665
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 12 March 1986
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 U.K. branch of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, she works on both sides of the Atlantic in various capacities for organizations concerned with prenatal care and birth, family-friendly working practices, day care, and early years education. She has recently co-directed a major program of research in the United Kingdom into the effects of various forms and combinations of care on children's development from birth to school age. Penelope Leach has two children and six grandchildren and lives in Lewes, England.

Reviews for Your Growing Child: From Babyhood through Adolescence

Leach is practical and understanding: she provides workable solutions to the thorniest problems . . . Whether discussing physical or emotional concerns, Leach goes right to the point-reassuring parents that whatever the problem, something concrete can be done . . . An invaluable family reference. -Kirkus Reviews A wealth of information . . . [Leach's] writing is relaxed and matter-of-fact, the advice based on common sense. -Library Journal (starred review) Leach merges the best practical advice with an extraordinary sensitivity to her young subjects . . . A book that should soon prove as invaluable as Spock . . . An essential reference book for every parent. -New York Daily News