Understanding Your Three-Year-Old

Name: Understanding Your Three-Year-Old
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ISBN: 9781843102434

ISBN-10: 1843102439

ISBN-13: 9781843102434

Edition: 2004

Authors: Louise Emanuel

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Louise Emanuel presents practical tips and a great deal of emotional reassurance for new and experienced parents. She offers helpful guidance on topics as diverse as how to ensure everyone in the family gets a good night's sleep, and how to encourage imaginative solitary and social play and conversation.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 11/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English

Louise Emanuel is a Consultant Child Psychotherapist working in the Child and Family Department of the Tavistock Clinic, Chair of the Under Fives Service and Co-Convenor of its training forum, the Infant Mental Health Workshop. She lectures on training programs in the UK, Europe, Israel and South Africa and is author of "Understanding Your Three Year Old".



Foreword


Acknowledgements


Introduction


Developing skills and strong wills


Part of the family


Managing separation and transitions


What you will find in this book



Understanding your Child


Temperament and life experience


The work of play


Fantasy worlds


Feeling small and managing feelings


Potency: I can do anything


Imaginary friends


Telling the difference between fantasy and reality


Managing stressful times


Questioning the magic


The development of conscience and empathy


Language and conversation


Curiosity and questions



Family Life


Developing family relationships


The Oedipus complex


Mother's beauty and erotic feelings


Jealousy and its link to sleep difficulties


Sleeping alone


Managing these feelings in small children


Parents: some time together


Reunion after separation


Identification with parents and developing an identity


Parents getting on together


Parenting roles


Driving a wedge between parents


Differences of opinion about discipline


Putting aside rivalry and working together as parents


Single parents



A New Baby in the Family


Changes for everyone


Making the decision


Termination


News of the pregnancy


How are babies made?


Brothers and sisters: friendship and jealousy


Younger siblings


Juggling everyone's needs


Older siblings


Talking things over: conversations between friends


The build-up to baby's arrival


Early waking


Angry attacks on parents


Offloading feelings


Going to nursery


Children's sexual feelings


The birthday party


The baby arrives



Coping with Anger


Anger and aggression


Excessive aggression


Temper tantrums


Saying "No"


Bribery and threats


Smacking



Working Things Out


Toilet matters


Relaxation and sleeping


Storybooks and working through experiences


Bedtime rituals


Sleeping difficulties


Interrupting the parents


Letting go


Picking up on worries


Night-time fears


Dreams and nightmares


Night terrors


Food fads and concerns around eating


Picky eaters


Junk food


Links with behaviour


Gender differences and sexual identity


Tough times


Telling the truth: when and how much should one tell?



Off to Nursery


Saying goodbye


Playing out separation issues


Being in a group


Competitiveness


Imaginary games


Taking a break from the group


The teacher as parent figure


Rivalry for teacher's attention


Conclusion


References and Further Reading


Helpful Organizations


Index