Included in this book: Checklist to help determine if the child is mature enough to enter school; competitiveness with friends and siblings; eating problems; resistance to bedtime; lying.
Offers advice on recognizing patterned changes in the development of adolescent children and prepares parents for a stressful period in their children's lives.
Included in this book: Characteristics of age five; the child and others; discipline; accomplishments and abilities; the child's mind; school; individuality.
Included in this book: New body awareness; sulking; concerns about fairness; fascination with horror, gore; threats of running away from home; life in the second grade.