The Irreducible Needs of Children by T Berry Brazelton

The Irreducible Needs of Children by T Berry Brazelton

For the first time, our most renowned pediatrician and our most influential child psychiatrist, both passionate advocates for children, speak out with one voice. What do babies and young children really need? This impassioned dialogue cuts through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. The authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits, even such an issue as whether every child needs or deserves to be a wanted child. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.

T. Berry Brazelton, MD was professor emeritus of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and adjunct professor of psychiatry, human behavior, and pediatrics at Brown University.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780738203256
ISBN 10	0738203254
Title	The Irreducible Needs of Children
Author	T Berry Brazelton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hachette Books
Year published	2000-10-18
Number of pages	248
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