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Tables of Contents for The Yale Child Study Center Guide to Understanding Your Child
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction
3
4
Part I Preparing to Be a Parent
7
78
The Decision to Become a Parent
9
9
The Many Faces of Family
18
16
Making Room for Your Baby: Mental Images and Practical Realities
34
15
The Course of Pregnancy
49
12
Bringing Your Baby Home
61
15
Partners: You and Your Pediatrician
76
9
Part II The Basics of Child Development
85
54
Understanding Your Child's Development
87
13
Genetics and Your Child's Development
100
12
The Developing Brain
112
12
Your Child's Unfolding Mind
124
15
Part III Mastering the Body's Basic Functions
139
60
Your Baby's Motor Development
141
16
Feeding and Eating: Food for the Whole Child
157
12
Sleep: Helping Your Child Through the Night
169
17
Sexuality and Gender: How Children Come to Know Their Bodies
186
13
Part IV Cognitive Development: The Learning Child
199
96
How Your Baby Learns: From First Perceptions of the World to Making Sense of It
201
13
Child's Play: Child's Work
214
15
First Words and Beyond: How Children Discover Language
229
15
Sharing Books with Your Child
244
17
Off to School: What You Can Expect
261
16
Working with Your Child's School: Challenges and Opportunities
277
18
Part V Emotional Development: The Social Child
295
108
Your Child's Inner World of Feelings
297
18
Hard Feelings: Helping Your Young Child Cope with Fear, Worry, and Anger
315
15
Children and Violence
330
13
Friends: Your Child's Expanding Social World
343
14
Exercises for Life: Having Fun and Taking Part
357
14
Family Culture: Passing on Traditions
371
15
Learning Right from Wrong: Your Child's Moral Development
386
17
Part VI Predictable Bumps on the Developmental Path
403
56
When Both Parents Work
405
12
Choosing Child Care: Day-Care Programs and Nannies
417
15
Why Do We Need a New Baby? A Sibling Joins the Family
432
12
Anxious Moments: Helping Children and Parents Handle Separations
444
15
Part VII The Unpredictable Troubles in a Child's Life
459
80
Children's Physical Troubles: Facing Illness, Injury, and Hospitalization
461
13
Children's Mental Health Problems
474
19
Family Troubles: The Impact of Divorce and Remarriage
493
16
A Death in the Family: Helping Your Children Through a Final Loss
509
15
On the Threshold: The Flowering of Sexuality
524
15
Index
539
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