The Irreducible Needs Of Children What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish

by Brazelton, T. Berry; Greenspan, Stanley I.

• ISBN13: 9780738205168
• ISBN10: 0738205168
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-29
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

What do babies and young children really need? For the first time, two famed advocates for children cut through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. They lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.A Merloyd Lawrence Book

Author Biography

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Brown University. He is a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers, and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., The Irreducible Needs of Children. Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Need for Ongoing Nurturing Relationships	1	(52)
The Need for Physical Protection, Safety, and Regulation	53	(26)
The Need for Experiences Tailored to Individual Differences	79	(36)
The Need for Developmentally Appropriate Experiences	115	(30)
The Need for Limit Setting, Structure, and Expectations	145	(14)
The Need for Stable, Supportive Communities and Cultural Continuity	159	(18)
Protecting the Future	177	(30)
Appendixes:
The Touchpoints Model	183	(12)
Functional Development Growth Chart and Questionnaire	195	(7)
Organizations	202	(5)
Notes	207	(10)
Index	217	(10)
About the Authors	227