The Challenging Child - Understanding, Raising, Enjoying Five Difficult Types of Children

Informationen zum Autor 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. Jacqueline Salmon , a staff writer on the Washington Post , is the mother of two young children and has lived the very issues outlined in this book. Klappentext Described by Publisher's Weekly as "a rope with a life preserver at the end"! The Challenging Child offers calm! reassuring advice to parents. Stanley I. Greenspan is a practicing child psychiatrist and helps parents dealing with all types of difficult children. He reveals the parenting patterns to avoid and helps adults tailor their approach to a child's particular needs. Zusammenfassung The book that helps parents match the child care to the child Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. For each of these, there are parenting patterns to avoid and those that help the most. The Challenging Child reassures parents that they do not simply have to "live with" their child's temperament but can fit their parenting style to their child's unique personality and help each child build on strengths, master weaknesses, and embrace life with confidence and skills.

Product details

• Authors: Stanley Greenspan, Stanley I. Greenspan, Stanley I. Salmon Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon, With
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.1996
• EAN: 9780201441932
• ISBN: 978-0-201-44193-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 25 mm
• Assisted by: Jacqueline Salmon
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Entwicklungspsychologie, Ratgeber für Eltern, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Family / Parenting / Childbirth, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Children with Special Needs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Infants & Toddlers