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What Every Baby Knows
T. Berry Brazelton, America's most highly regarded and deeply valued pediatrician, is a national treasure. Millions of parents and physicians have used and praised his groundbreaking books on infancy, parenthood, and early childhood. What Every Baby Knows is without question Brazelton's most exciting and valuable book.
In What Every Baby Knows, Dr. Brazelton takes five families and really opens the doors of their private lives. In the course of the family histories and in the follow-up visits that Brazelton pays to each family two years later, we come to know these parents and children as individuals -- their stubborn worries, their struggles to adapt to change, their successes at resolving problems. These family histories serve as the framework for Brazelton's illuminating discussions of such crucial family issues
--sibling rivalry
-- divorced parents
-- prematurity
-- colic
-- encouraging independence
-- late speech development, and more
What Every Baby Knows offers every reader answers to their questions about the real, day-to-day issues that his or her own family faces. The problems Brazelton identifies in the lives of his five families are the universal problems of family life. And the resolutions he describes are as reassuring as they are workable in all family situations. What Every Baby Knows will help all families share the rewards and happiness of life together.
In What Every Baby Knows, Dr. Brazelton takes five families and really opens the doors of their private lives. In the course of the family histories and in the follow-up visits that Brazelton pays to each family two years later, we come to know these parents and children as individuals -- their stubborn worries, their struggles to adapt to change, their successes at resolving problems. These family histories serve as the framework for Brazelton's illuminating discussions of such crucial family issues
--sibling rivalry
-- divorced parents
-- prematurity
-- colic
-- encouraging independence
-- late speech development, and more
What Every Baby Knows offers every reader answers to their questions about the real, day-to-day issues that his or her own family faces. The problems Brazelton identifies in the lives of his five families are the universal problems of family life. And the resolutions he describes are as reassuring as they are workable in all family situations. What Every Baby Knows will help all families share the rewards and happiness of life together.
- GenresNonfictionParenting
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 22, 1987
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T. Berry Brazelton
77 books31 followersThomas Berry Brazelton was an American pediatrician, author, and the developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS).
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April 11, 2019
A semi-interesting read, but 98% of it is garbage. For example, the advice given to a parent whose children were fighting was "stay out of it as much as possible." Or saying that lying and stealing are normal behaviors that shouldn't be discouraged?!? The weirdest part was then he would go on to say how much children appreciate boundaries, and how they need you to say no to them.
June 2, 2018
Though an older read, gives sound psychological childrearing perspectives.
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