| Description |
xx, 312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Identifies four stages of development between the ages of one and four, explaining to parents how to speak a toddler's language in each stage and handle such issues as tantrums, biting, sleeping problems, toilet learning, picky eating, stuttering, and separation anxiety. |
| Contents |
Introduction: how I discovered the secret to successful communication with toddlers -- Your evolving todder: to best understand your little one, take a giant step -- backward. "Help! There's a Neanderthal in my kitchen!" -- 12 to 18 months: your "charming chimp-child" -- 18 to 24 months: your "knee-high Neanderthal" -- 24 to 36 months: your "clever cave kid" -- 36 to 48 months: your "versatile villager" -- Nature's wild card: what's your toddler's temperament? -- The clash of civilizations: when modern parents meet stone age kids -- Now you're talking!: to help your toddler understand you, try speaking his language. How to you say that in toddler-ese?: communication that really works! -- Respect and rewards: ways to encourage good behavior -- Time-in: how routine and play can soothe your prehistoric pal -- Gentle diplomacy: ways to set up and enforce limits -- Pushing aside troublesome boulders: how prehistoric parenting can help you get past some common toddler problems. Boulders that trip up one-year-olds: tantrums, public meltdowns, sleep problems, biting -- Boulders that trip up two-year-olds: separation worries, picky eating, toilet learning -- Boulders that trip up three-year-olds: fears, stuttering, medicine taking, new siblings -- Epilogue: civilization, ho! Your happy, confident four-year-old. |
| Subject |
Toddlers.
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Child rearing.
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Toddlers -- Development.
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Child Rearing.
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Infant.
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Child Development -- child, preschool.
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Child Development.
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Child rearing. (OCoLC)fst00854588
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Toddlers. (OCoLC)fst01152051
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Toddlers -- Development.
(OCoLC)fst01152054
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| Added Author |
Spencer, Paula.
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| ISBN |
0553802569 (hardcover) |
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9780553802566 (hardcover) |
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0553381431 (paperback) |
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9780553381436 (paperback) |
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