The Parents Answer Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Child's Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Development, Health, and Safety

Balancing an encyclopaedia's easy reference with the friendly, reassuring tone and format of Parents magazine, The Parents Answer Book is an authoritative guide that reflects the most current thinking and research on all aspects of parenting. Focusing on child development, health and safety, answering key questions and offering real-life solutions from the questions the magazine receives each month, this guide--developed by a team of writers, editors, and researchers in collaboration with a pediatric review board--stands apart from all other titles in the marketplace.

Ann Pleshite Murphy has been editor-in-chief of Parents magazine since 1988. She makes frequent appearances on television and radio as spokesperson for Parents and has written extensively for other magazines. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.