Touchpoints-Three to Six

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America's Favorite Pediatrician brings the wonderful support and insight of his best-selling Touchpoints to parents of children three to six. For decades, new parents have relied on Dr. Brazelton's wisdom. But all "Brazelton babies" grow up. Now at last, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, has brought his unique insights to the "magic" preschool and first-grade years.Through delightful profiles of four very different children, the authors apply the touchpoints theory (following the pattern of growth--new challenge --regression--recharging--and renewed growth) to each of the great cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. In the second, alphabetical, half of the book they offer precious guidance to parents facing contemporary pressures and stresses, such as how to keep a child safe without instilling fear, countering the electronic barrage of violent games and marketing aimed at children, coping successfully with varied family configurations, over-scheduling, competition, and many other vital issues today. A Merloyd Lawrence Book

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeri tus at Harvard Medical School. and Professor of Pe diatrics and Human Development at Brown University . "Dr. Brazelton has greatly enriched the practice of pediatrics and the science of child developmen t" (C. Anderson Aldrich Award, American Academy of Pediatrics). His much-acclaimed books for parents include Touchpoints, To Listen to a Child, and In fants and Mothers.Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D., a child psychiatrist at Children's Hospital in Boston, is on the faculty of Harvard Medical Sc hool. He is Associate Director of Training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center and co-author with Dr . Brazelton on many of his New York Times Syndicat ion columns.