CONTENTS FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: The Art of Mothering

PART 1Preconception, Pregnancy, Natural Childbirth, and Midwifery

CHAPTER 1Preconception

CHAPTER 2A Healthy, Wide-Awake Pregnancy

CHAPTER 3Natural (Drug-Free) Childbirth

PART 2Baby¹s Early Years

CHAPTER 4Breastfeeding

CHAPTER 5Circumcision

CHAPTER 6Vaccinations

CHAPTER 7Crying

CHAPTER 8Night Waking

CHAPTER 9Attachment Parenting

PART 3Feeding the Family

CHAPTER 10First Food

Chapter 11Healthy Eating for the Whole Family

PART 4Natural Health Care

CHAPTER 12Alternative Medicine and Family Health

CHAPTER 13The Natural Approach to Common Infant and Childhood Ailments

CHAPTER 14What Makes a Healthy Family?

PART 5Family Matters

CHAPTER 15Discipline

CHAPTER 16Adolescence

CHAPTER 17Approaches to Sexuality

CHAPTER 18High Technology -- Uses and Abuses

CHAPTER 19Toys and Family Values

CHAPTER 20Wholesome Family Entertainment

PART 6Educational Alternatives

CHAPTER 21Public Schooling

CHAPTER 22Alternative Education

CHAPTER 23Homeschooling

PART 7When Bad Things Happen

CHAPTER 24 Handling Divorce

CHAPTER 25Handling Death

AFTERWORD: Trusting and Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent

NOTES

RESOURCES

INDEX