The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children

by Stanley I. Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon (With)

Overview

The book that helps parents match the child care to the child



Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. For each of these, there are parenting patterns to avoid and those that help the most. The Challenging Child reassures parents that they do not simply have to "live with" their child's temperament but can fit their parenting style to their child's unique personality and help each child build on strengths, master weaknesses, and embrace life with confidence and skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780201441932
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	09/10/1996
Edition description:	1 PBK ED
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.55(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

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.