Your Growing Child: From Babyhood through Adolescence

by Penelope Leach

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.

Genres: Parenting

752 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 1984

About the author

Dr. Penelope J. Leach (born Penelope Jane Balchin) is a British psychologist who writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective.

Reviews

[Doree Burt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Given the choice of meeting Penelope Leach or another Brit, like JK Rowling, I'd choose Penelope. Great common sense advice for parents.

[amanda frekot · Rating 5 out of 5]

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