This updated edition of an international classic and best-seller first published in 1977 includes the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyle and family structures. Q&A boxes and color photos are included on every page, with many new photos of babies and dads for this edition. The guide outlines five stages, from newborn through age five; for each stage, the author gives...

Presents specific steps by which members of society can fashion a new economic priority for all children, achieve a rational standard of human rights, and find effective new approaches to positive parenting.