Parenting Your Toddler: The Expert's Guide to the Tough and Tender Years
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Author Description
The essential hand-holding guide to navigating the difficult toddler years--by one of the country's leading expertsHere is direct and wise guidance from a professional with over twenty years' experience at the highly regarded Barnard College Center for Toddler Development. In Parenting Your Toddler, Ballen and toddler expert Shimm offer help to parents on major issues like limit-setting; first-child syndrome; toilet training; taking a vacation without guilt; what to say when your two-year-old doesn't want you to leave for work; how to break up fights between children over toys; and how to know if your caregiver is good for your toddler. With an easy-to-use format that features useful anecdotes, checklists, and questions and answers, this authoritative guide will help you navigate the toddler years with solid, practical, and loving advice.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the primary behavioral and developmental challenges inherent in the toddler years, providing a structured framework for effective parental intervention. Kate Ballen and Patricia Henderson Shimm draw upon decades of clinical experience at the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development to provide evidence-based strategies. The authors present a methodology centered on balancing firm limit-setting with emotional support to foster healthy child development during this transitional life stage.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Practical strategies for managing common behavioral issues such as limit-setting and conflict resolution between siblings.
- Guidance on developmental milestones including toilet training and separation anxiety.
- Professional advice on evaluating childcare quality and managing parental guilt.
- An accessible format incorporating checklists, anecdotes, and question-and-answer segments.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a reliable, clinically-informed resource for parents seeking structured advice on early childhood development. Readers frequently note the accessible, supportive tone of the prose, which balances professional expertise with practical, everyday application.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
1993-07-21
Publisher:
Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN-10:
020162298X
ISBN-13:
9780201622980
Psychology
Reference
Toddlers
Child rearing
Parenting
Family
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