Dr. Spock On Parenting by Benjamin, M.D. Spock |
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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket (July 31 2001)
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Read an ExcerptChapter 1: Anxieties in Our Lives
I believe ours is the most stressful country in the world, though this doesn't need to be. We aren't more conscious of our distress because a majority of us are still financially more comfortable than the people of other countries Chapter 1: To Work Outside or Not
Whether a mother of a baby or preschool child should go back to an outside job (caring for a baby can be a full-time inside job) is a complicated matter, as everyone who has tried can tell you. There are many factors to be considered. Chapter 1: To Work Outside or Not
Whether a mother of a baby or preschool child should go back to an outside job (caring for a baby can be a full-time inside job) is a complicated matter, as everyone who has tried can tell you. There are many factors to be considered.
Book Description An essential guide for today's parents — from the world-renowned pediatrician and author of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care.
In this classic text, Dr. Benjamin Spock addresses the changing of traditional family structure and the challenges contemporary parents face. From two-job families to single parenthood, this timely reference offers sound, reliable advice on today's difficult parenting issues, including:
- understanding the role of the modern father
- developing healthy eating habits
- adapting career demands to a baby's needs
- evaluating child care outside the home
- handling your child in public places
- dealing with sleeping problems
- teaching your child about strangers
- nurturing your child's potential
- talking to children about sex, disease, death,
- religion and God
- handling divorce and custody questions
About the Author Benjamin Spock, M.D. Benjamin Spock, M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. He then became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. » More by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
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