Covering the period from birth to approximately 7 years old, this invaluable book offers practical, down-to-earth advice on raising happy, enthusiastic and confident children. As a clinical psychologist, the author is well-placed to answer questions on what your child is likely to be experiencing at different times of development, both emotionally, physically and behaviourally.
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The Happy Child: Everything you Need to Know to Raise Enthusiastic, Confident Children Synopsis
Raising a happy, well-adjusted child is probably the biggest challenge any of us will face, so it is understandable that parents worry endlessly about this aspect of their child's development. In this practical, reassuring book, clinical psychologist and parenting expert Linda Blair helps parents understand what their child is experiencing physically and emotionally at various stages of development and how they can use this knowledge to develop their child's strengths, communicate with them more effectively and tackle common problems.
Linda Blair is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological
Society. She studied in the US and UK and has worked as a cognitive
therapist for over 25 years. She writes for the Guardian newspaper,
Psychologies and Junior magazines and the Disney website. She appears
frequently on television and radio.
