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Louise Bates Ames

Born

in Portland, The United States

October 29, 1908

Died

October 31, 1996

Genre

Psychology

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Louise Bates Ames was an American psychologist specializing in child development.[1] Ames was known as a pioneer of child development studies, introducing the theory of child development stages to popular discourse. Ames authored numerous internationally renowned books on the stages of child development, hosted a television show on child development, and co-founded the Gesell Institute of Child Development in New Haven, CT.

Ames's work found that children go through clear, discrete developmental phases based on age. She demonstrated that various age groups feature unique behavioral patterns, to be considered by parents and doctors in monitoring children's development. Perhaps the best-known legacy of her work was the coining of the term "Te ...more

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	Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg, Carol C. Haber 3.59 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 1976 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender 3.69 avg rating — 904 ratings — published 1976 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful 3.66 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg 3.73 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1979 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month-Old by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg 3.47 avg rating — 657 ratings — published 1983 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny and Serene by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg 3.71 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 1979 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key by Louise Bates Ames, Carol Chase Haber, Betty David (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Eight Year Old: Lively and Outgoing by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg, Carol C. Haber 3.75 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful And Mysterious by Louise Bates Ames, Carol C. Haber 3.59 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Old by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg, Sidney M. Baker 3.86 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game.”
― Louise Bates Ames

tags: child, children, family, parenting

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“Fives feel so close to their mothers that they sometimes overestimate her ability to read their minds. They are often quick and a little impatient and don’t always give all the necessary clues as to what they are talking about. Then they tend to be quite angry if she doesn’t pick up on their story at once. It takes a quick wit to be a mother.”
― Louise Bates Ames, Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny and Serene

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“Met head-on with harsh, unrelenting demands, a Two-and-a-half-year-old tends to become even more rigid, oppositional, negative, and generally difficult than he might otherwise have been.”
― Louise Bates Ames, Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender

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