Families

by Brazelton, T. Berry

• ISBN13: 9780201092646
• ISBN10: 0201092646
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-01-21
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

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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.

Table of Contents

Families Crisis and Caring
Introduction	p. i
The Cutler Family Chapter I	p. 5
Family History	p. 8
The Involved Father	p. 12
Parental Rivalry	p. 25
Grandparenting	p. 36
The Cutler Family Revisited	p. 52
The Cooper Family Chapter II	p. 63
Family History	p. 66
Loss of a Parent	p. 68
Fathering Alone	p. 79
The Cooper Family Revisited	p. 97
The Humphreys Family Chapter III	p. 103
Family History	p. 106
Stepfamilies	p. 108
The Humphreys Family Revisited	p. 124
The Mcclay Family Chapter IV	p. 131
Family History	p. 134
Illness in the Family	p. 138
Helping the Other Children Cope	p. 155
The Mcclay Family Revisited	p. 166
The O'Connell-Beder Family Chapter V	p. 181
Family History	p. 184
Infertility	p. 185
Adoption	p. 197
What Will My Child Be Like?	p. 209
The O'Connell-Beder Family Revisited	p. 224
When to Seek Help Chapter VI	p. 237
For Further Reading	p. 244
Index	p. 247
About the Author	p. 251
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