Your Growing Child

An A-to-Z compendium of vital information and comfort for every mother and fatherfrom new parents bringing home their first infant to parents of adolescents soon to strike out on their own.Asinvaluable as Spock. An essential reference book for every parent (New York Daily News). From the universally admired author of the bestselling classic Your Baby and Child.Whether Penelope Leach is telling you what to do when your child suddenly develops a high fever or earache or rash or suggesting how you might determine the reason behind your eight-year-olds unwillingness to go to school or helping you deal with your adolescents developing sexuality Penelope Leachs full and specific advice always reflects not only the practice of leading medical authorities but her own immense expertise and experience as a child psychologist her extraordinary sensitivity to the feelings of both child and parent and her grasp of the realitiesfinancial professional and socialof life today.