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Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare

Name: Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare
Author: Benjamin Spock
ISBN: 9780671045234

by Benjamin Spock

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Overview

For more than a half a century, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care has been a virtual bible for parents seeking trustworthy information on childcare. Informative, easy to use, and responsive to the changes in our society, Dr. Spock's Baby & Child Care makes a classic work more essential than ever. Covering every stage in the development of babies and children, the book offers detailed descriptions on the nutritional needs of newborns, advice on locating doctors and hospitals, and how to recognize early warning signs and treat common ailments. Dr. Spock also talks parents through childcare issues, sleep and bed changes, illnesses, school crises, sexuality, sibling rivalry, and much more. Dr. Spock's Baby & Child Care is more than simply a medical guide; it is also a handbook for parents interested in the healthy social, moral, and emotional development of their children. A more comprehensive and accessible guide to raising child cannot be found.

Covers the effects of technology, Internet access, and computer literacy on children.

Discusses issues facing blended and non-traditional families.

Has enjoyed five decades of consumer loyalty and trust.

Synopsis

CASSETTE TAPE---THE CLASSIC THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE TIMES! For sixty-five years, parents have relied on the expert advice of renowned pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock. But while children never change, issues and concerns do. Dr. Robert Needlman, himself a top-notch pediatrician, has newly updated and expanded this timeless classic to speak to any parent who is raising children in our rapidly changing world. While still providing reassuring advice on age-old topics such as caring for a new baby, as well as accidents, illness, and injuries, this book also contains expanded information in many new areas, including: - Cutting-edge medical opinion on immunizations - Obesity and nutrition - Cultural diversity and nontraditional family structures - Children's learning and brain development - The newest thinking on children with special needs - Environmental health - Increasingly common disorders such as ADHD, depression, and autism-- including medications and behavioral interventions - Children and the media, including electronic games - Coping with family stress - And much, much more

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Parenting & Families

No parenting library is complete without this childcare classic. Provides the sensible, compassionate advice and hard-core how-to-do-it tips that Dr. Spock has always been famous for. Whether it's mixing formula, treating chicken pox, or dealing with divorce or a child's homosexuality, Dr. Spock is the man.