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| Introduction | |
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| Developmental Challenges and Challenging Developments from Preschool Through Adolescence | |
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| "My Son Is Always 'On the Go'--He Exhausts Me!" | |
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| Excessive activity during childhood | |
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| "My Daughter Is Such a Picky Eater" | |
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| Feeding difficulties and obesity | |
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| "My Son Is So Naughty--He Never Does What I Ask Him to Do" | |
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| Disobedience, stubbornness, and other behavior difficulties | |
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| "My Daughter Refuses to Go to School" | |
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| Fear of leaving home and fear of attending school | |
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| "My Six-Year-Old Still Sucks His Thumb--Is It Really Just a Bad Habit?" | |
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| Thumb-sucking, nail-biting, knuckle-cracking ... | |
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| "My Eight-Year-Old Still Wets the Bed" | |
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| Bed-wetting (enuresis) | |
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| "My Daughter Is Afraid of the Dark" | |
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| Childhood fears | |
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| "My Son Worries Too Much" | |
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| Childhood anxieties | |
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| "My Daughter Is Too Shy" | |
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| Shyness and introversion | |
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| "My Son Won't Have Anything to Do with Me" | |
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| Social isolation and withdrawal, particularly during adolescence | |
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| "My Daughter Is in Such a Bad Mood These Days" | |
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| Excessive moodiness | |
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| Problems That Are More Than "Just a Phase" | |
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| "I'm So Worried About My Child's Behavior--This Can't Be 'Just a Phase'" | |
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| Introduction to part II | |
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| "I Know My Son Is Hyper--But Is He Hyperactive?" | |
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| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | |
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| "My Daughter Studies All the Time, But She Still Gets Failing Grades" | |
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| Attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities | |
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| "My Son Has So Many Little Nervous Habits--Like Blinking Too Much and Clearing His Throat" | |
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| Tic disorders and Tourette disorder | |
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| "My Child Is Plagued by Scary Thoughts and Silly Rituals" | |
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| Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders | |
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| "My Son's Never Been a Problem Before, But Over the Past Week, He's Become Impossible" | |
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| Pandas | |
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| "My Daughter Is Terrified to Let Me Go Out at Night, or Even to Go into Another Room Without Her" | |
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| Separation anxiety disorder | |
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| "My Son Is So Nervous and Tense That He's Making Me Anxious" | |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder | |
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| "My Daughter Is So Painfully Shy, She Won't Even Order Her Own Ice Cream" | |
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| Selective mutism and social phobia | |
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| "My Daughter Is So Sad and Blue--She Never Smiles or Laughs Anymore" | |
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| Depression and bipolar disorder | |
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| "My Son Sleeps All Weekend and Still Can't Wake Up on Time on Monday Morning" | |
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| Sleep disorders and seasonal affective disorder | |
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| "My Daughter Is Obsessed with Her Weight" | |
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| Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia, and bulimia | |
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| "My Son Is Drinking and Using Drugs" | |
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| Alcoholism and drug abuse | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |