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

Greenspan, Stanley I.

ISBN 10: 0201441934 / ISBN 13: 9780201441932

Published by Addison Wesley, Reading, 1995

About this Item

318pp. Corners & ends of spine rubbed; diagonal crease rear cover; top of some pages wrinkled from moisture. Index. OK as reading copy.

Seller Inventory # 240278

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children
• Publisher: Addison Wesley, Reading
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201441934
• ISBN 13: 9780201441932
• Binding: Pb
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

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.