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Understanding 4-5-Year-Olds

Author(s) : Lesley Maroni

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The Tavistock Clinic has an international reputation as a centre of excellence for training, clinical mental health work, research and scholarship. Written by professionals working in the Child and Family and the Adolescent Departments, the guides in this series present balanced and sensitive advice that will help adults to become, or to feel that they are, "good enough" parents. Each book concentrates on a key transition in a child's life from birth to adolescence, looking especially at how parents' emotions and experiences interact with those of their children. The titles in the "Understanding Your Child" series are essential reading for new and experienced parents, relatives, friends and carers, as well as for the multi-agency professionals who are working to support children and their families.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Life at home; Relationship with parents; Sibling rivalry; Imaginative play; Identity within the family; Emotional development
Chapter 2: Starting 'proper' school; Bridging the gap between home and school; Beginnings of friendships; Identity outside the family; Cooperative play; Competitiveness
Chapter 3; Real and make believe; Development of curiosity; Gender differences; The beginnings of bullying; Loneliness versus being alone
Chapter 4: Coping with loss; Obstacles to learning; Illness and other problems; Worrying behaviour
Chapter 5: The need for boundaries; Growing independence.