In the first book designed to help parents understand, nurture, and live with their child--and their child's emotions--Greenspan looks at the major emotional milestones from age five to puberty and explains, with witty, vivid examples what children experience.
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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. Jacqueline Salmon, a staff writer on the Washington Post, is the mother of two young children and has lived the very issues outlined in this book.
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This review is from: Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child (Paperback)
This book is one of the most straight-forward books I have read about the emotional stages of children from the time they enter kindergarten through their teen years. In easy to understand language, this book allows parents to enter into the minds and hearts of children and view the world from their perspective. I found it extremely useful for the insight it provides about the role that friends play in children's lives and how we, as parents, can provide support as they face the emotional challanges of human interaction.
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The title of this book is entirely misleading. There is nothing whatsoever in the book pertaining to the politics of the playground, but a great deal of very good sense pertaining to how parents can assist their children to surmount developmental challenges. Apart from the usual North American neurotic attitude towards sexuality (that surfaces in Chapter Seven) this book is sensible and instructive. It avoids useless platitudes and instead provides parents with hands-on guidance that is neither foolish nor redundant. Even those parents whose children are progressing satisfactorily will find much here to prompt their thinking in ways that will lead to even greater richness of parent-child interaction. Along with "Siblings Without Rivalry" this is one of the must-have books for a parent's library.
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This review is from: Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child (Paperback)
As children grow and mature, they go through many different stages in their lives, each requiring support and understanding. The book, "Playground Politics", by Dr. Stanley Greenspan, offers us a look into the behaviors of children ages 5-12, and the emotional and developmental phases that they experience.There are no concrete answers to help children cross over successfully from one stage to the next. What we can do, is try to understand the reasoning behind their behavior and feelings, and learn how to be a more supportive caregiver. My ParenTime highly recommends "Playground Politics" - it gives us that special insight to explore, understand, and nurture our children's stages for growth, development, and emotional well-being.
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- First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child by Stanley Greenspan in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Childhood and Society by Erik H. Erikson in Back Matter
- Normality and Pathology in Childhood by Anna Freud in Back Matter
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger on page 156
- The Essential Partnership: How Parents and Children Can Meet the Emotional Challenges of Infancy... by Stanley Greenspan in Back Matter
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- The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior by Karen A. Smith in Back Matter
- Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka in Back Matter
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