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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Letter to the Reader | |
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| About This Seventh Edition | |
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| The Parents' Part | |
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| Trust Yourself | |
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| Parents Are Human | |
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| What Are Your Aims in Raising a Child? | |
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| Why Feelings Are Different for Different Children | |
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| Are Parents Meant to Love All Their Children Equally? | |
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| The Father as Parent | |
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| Quality Time | |
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| Special Time | |
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| The Temptation to Spoil | |
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| Parental Sexual Relations After Delivery | |
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| Parents as Companions | |
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| The Child's Part | |
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| The Development of Children | |
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| A Fascinating Process | |
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| The Development of the Brain | |
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| The What of Development | |
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| The How and Why of Development | |
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| Temperament: The How of Development | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory | |
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| Emotional Development | |
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| Motivation Theory: The Why of Development | |
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| Nature or Nurture? | |
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| A Transactional Model of Child Development | |
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| Gender Differences | |
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| How Human Beings Get Their Aspirations | |
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| Before the Child is Born | |
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| Pregnancy and Delivery | |
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| Planning the Homecoming | |
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| Equipment and Clothing | |
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| Outside the Home | |
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| Nursery Equipment | |
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| Other Equipment | |
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| Bedding | |
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| Clothing | |
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| Diapers | |
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| Bathing | |
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| Toiletries | |
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| Feeding Equipment | |
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| Outings | |
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| Care of Your Newborn | |
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| Enjoy Your Baby | |
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| Early Feelings | |
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| Bodily Contact and Other Bonds | |
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| Caring for Your Baby | |
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| Diapers | |
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| Bowel Movements | |
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| The Bath | |
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| The Fontanel | |
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| The Navel | |
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| The Penis | |
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| Clothing, Fresh Air, and Sunshine | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Breast- and Bottle-Feeding | |
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| Tips for Breast- and Bottle-Feeding | |
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| Breat-Feeding | |
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| The Value of Breast-Feeding | |
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| Feelings About Breast-Feeding | |
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| How to Give Breast-Feeding a Fair Trial | |
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| The Nursing Mother's Physical Condition | |
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| The Working Mother | |
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| Getting Started at Breast-Feeding | |
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| How the Nursing Pattern Gets Established | |
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| How You Know the Baby Is Getting Enough | |
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| Special Problems During Breast-Feeding | |
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| Engorged Breasts | |
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| Manual Expression and Breast Pumps | |
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| Breast and Bottle Combinations | |
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| Bottle-Feeding | |
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| Choosing and Preparing Formula | |
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| Sterilization or Washing? | |
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| Sterilization | |
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| Mixing the Formula | |
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| Bottling the Formula | |
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| Formula Refrigeration | |
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| Giving the Bottle | |
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| Feeding in the First Year | |
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| What Feeding Means to the Baby | |
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| Schedules | |
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| Getting Enough and Gaining Weight | |
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| Vitamins in Infancy | |
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| Drinking Water for a Baby | |
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| Weaning from the Breast | |
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| Weaning from Bottle to Cup | |
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| Wean the Baby Gradually | |
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| Adding Solid Foods | |
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| Changes in Schedule | |
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| Changes in Appetite and Habits | |
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| Care During the First Year | |
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| Crying in the Early Weeks | |
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| Can You Spoil a Baby? | |
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| Letting Babies Cry | |
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| Stranger Anxiety | |
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| Developmental Gains | |
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| Play Is the Work of Babies | |
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| Clothes and Equipment | |
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| Common Physical Issues in the First Year | |
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| Constipation | |
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| Diarrhea | |
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| Rashes | |
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| Birthmarks and Other Skin Conditions | |
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| Birthmarks | |
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| Jaundice | |
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| Other Common Newborn Conditions | |
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| Mouth Troubles | |
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| Eye Troubles | |
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| Breathing Troubles | |
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| Other Common Issues in the First Year | |
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| Physical Development and Motor Skills | |
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| One-Year-Olds | |
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| What Makes Them Tick? | |
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| Avoiding Injuries | |
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| Fears Around One Year | |
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| Independence and Outgoingness | |
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| Handle Them Matter-of-Factly | |
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| Nap Hours Are Changing | |
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| Two-Year-Olds | |
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| What They're Like | |
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| Negativism | |
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| Worries Around Two | |
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| Three- to Six-Year-Olds | |
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| Devotion to the Parents | |
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| Curiosity and Imagination | |
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| Fears Around Three, Four, and Five | |
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| Six- to Eleven-Year-Olds | |
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| Fitting into the Outside World | |
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| Self-Control | |
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| Posture | |
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| Stealing | |
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| Lying | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Puberty | |
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| Other Changes in Adolescence | |
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| Psychological Changes | |
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| The Three Stages of Adolescence | |
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| Anticipatory Guidance for Parents | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Sexuality and Bisexuality | |
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| Diet in Adolescence | |
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| Raising Physically Healthy Children | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| The Importance of Good Nutrition | |
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| Plant-Based Diets | |
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| Feeding Young Children | |
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| Foods for a Sensible Diet | |
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| Meals | |
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| Feeding Between Meals | |
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| Feeding Problems | |
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| Thin Children | |
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| Fat Children | |
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| Preventing Injuries | |
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| Principles of Prevention | |
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| Traffic Injuries | |
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| Pedestrian Injuries | |
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| Bicycle Injuries | |
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| Fire, Smoke, and Burns | |
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| Drowning and Water Safety | |
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| Poisons | |
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| Lead Poisoning | |
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| Choking | |
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| Suffocation | |
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| Guns in the Home | |
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| Falls | |
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| Infant Equipment | |
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| Playground Injuries | |
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| Sports and Recreation Safety | |
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| Cold Weather-Related Illnesses | |
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| Heat-Related Illness | |
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| Bug Bites | |
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| Dog Bite Prevention | |
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| Holiday Safety | |
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| Home Alone: Children in Self-Care | |
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| Childproofing Your Home | |
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| Dental Development and Oral Health of Children | |
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| Tooth Development | |
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| Teething | |
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| What Makes Good Teeth? | |
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| Tooth Decay | |
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| Tooth Brushing and Flossing | |
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| Sealants | |
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| Dental Injuries from Trauma | |
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| Preventing Traumatic Injuries to the Mouth | |
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| Dental Office Visits | |
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| Immunizations | |
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| Children and Tobacco | |
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| Parental Smoking | |
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| Sun Care | |
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| Raising Mentally Healthy Children | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Self-Esteem | |
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| Discipline | |
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| The Facts of Life | |
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| The Development of Sexuality | |
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| Music | |
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| Manners | |
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| Duties and Chores | |
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| Reading | |
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| Play and Outgoingness | |
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| Common Behavior Problems | |
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| Sibling Rivalry | |
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| Stranger Anxiety | |
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| Separation Anxiety | |
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| Temper Tantrums | |
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| Swearing and Naughty Words | |
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| Messiness | |
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| Dawdling | |
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| Whining | |
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| Biting | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Hyperactivity | |
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| Common Developmental Challenges | |
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| Toilet Training | |
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| Bowel Control | |
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| Bladder Control | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Common Sleep Problems | |
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| Temper Tantrums | |
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| Death | |
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| Comforters | |
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| Thumb-Sucking | |
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| The Pacifier | |
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| Nail-Biting | |
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| Soiling | |
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| Bed-Wetting | |
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| Stuttering | |
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| Rhythmic Habits | |
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| The Premature Baby | |
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| Developmental Disabilities | |
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| Children with Disabilities | |
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| Mental Retardation | |
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| School and Learning Problems | |
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| School Difficulties | |
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| What School Is For | |
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| Learning Disabilities | |
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| The Gifted Child | |
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| The Unpopular Child | |
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| School Avoidance | |
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| The Child Who Can't Eat Breakfast Before Going to School | |
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| Helping Children with Their Lessons | |
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| Relations Between Parent and Teacher | |
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| Day Care, Baby-Sitters, and Out-of-Home Issues | |
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| Children and Caregivers | |
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| Baby-Sitters | |
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| Managing Family and Career | |
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| Day Care and Preschool | |
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| Types of Day Care | |
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| Choosing a Day-Care or Preschool | |
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| Traveling with Children | |
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| Relations with Grandparents | |
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| New Issues: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Our Children Are Our Future | |
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| Superkids | |
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| Computer Literacy | |
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| Computer Games | |
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| Cruising the Internet | |
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| Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
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| Raising Nonviolent Children | |
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| Media Exposure | |
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| Television | |
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| Movies | |
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| Rock and Roll | |
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| The Changing Roles of Women and Men | |
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| Different Family Constellations | |
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| The Single Parent | |
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| Divorce | |
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| Custody and Visitation | |
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| Stepfamilies | |
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| Multiple Births: Twins, Triplets, and More | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Parents | |
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| Birth Order | |
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| Adoption | |
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| Family Stresses and Crises | |
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| Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Missing Children | |
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| Using Child Mental Health Professionals | |
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| Medical Issues | |
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| Communicating with Your Doctor or Nurse Practitioner | |
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| Regular Checkups | |
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| Office Visits for Illness | |
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| Telephone Calls to Your Doctor or Nurse Practitioner | |
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| Alternative Therapies | |
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| Handling a Child with an Illness | |
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| Fever | |
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| Diet During Illness | |
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| Giving Medicine | |
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| Isolation for Contagious Diseases | |
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| Going to the Hospital | |
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| How to Help Your Child | |
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| First Aid and Emergencies | |
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| Cuts | |
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| Splinters | |
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| Bites | |
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| Bleeding | |
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| Nosebleeds | |
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| Burns | |
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| Skin Infections | |
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| Foreign Objects | |
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| Sprains | |
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| Fractures | |
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| Neck and Back Injuries | |
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| Head Injuries | |
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| Swallowed Objects | |
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| Poisons | |
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| Allergies | |
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| Choking | |
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| How to Give Artificial Respiration | |
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| Home First Aid Kit | |
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| Common Illnesses of Infancy and Childhood | |
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| Colds | |
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| Ear Infections | |
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| Tonsils and Adenoids | |
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| Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, and Swollen Glands | |
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| Croup and Epiglottitis | |
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| Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia | |
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| Headaches | |
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| Stomachaches and Upsets | |
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| Constipation | |
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| Genital and Urinary Disturbances | |
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| Vaginal Discharge | |
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| Allergies | |
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| Skin Conditions | |
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| Infectious Diseases | |
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| Measles, Rubella, Roseola, Chicken Pox | |
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| Whooping Cough, Mumps, and Diphtheria | |
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| Poliomyelitis and Tuberculosis | |
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| Other Health Concerns | |
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| Joint Problems | |
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| Heart Problems | |
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| Hernias and Hydrocele | |
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| Eye Problems | |
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| Neurological Problems | |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) | |
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| Hormonal Disturbances | |
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| Reye's Syndrome | |
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| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | |
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| Scoliosis | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Glossary of Medical Terms | |
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| Guide to Child and Family Resources | |
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| Index | |