Touchpoints - T. Berry Brazelton & Joshua D. Sparrow

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All over the U.S. and in over twenty countries around the world, Touchpoints has become required reading for anxious parents of babies and small children. T. Berry Brazelton's great empathy for the universal concerns of parenthood, and honesty about the complex feelings it engenders, as well as his uncanny insight into the predictable leaps and regressions of early childhood, have comforted and supported families since its publication in 1992.

In this completely revised edition Dr. Brazelton introduces new information on physical, emotional, and behavioral development. He also addresses the new stresses on families and fears of children, with a fresh focus on the role of fathers and other caregivers. This updated volume also offers new insights on prematurity, sleep patterns, early communication, toilet training, co-sleeping, play and learning, SIDS, cognitive development and signs of developmental delay, childcare, asthma, a child's immune system, and safety. Dr. Sparrow, Brazelton's co-author on several other books, brings a child psychiatrist's insights into the many perennial childhood issues covered in this comprehensive book.

No parent should be without the reassurance and wisdom Touchpoints provides.

Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #2280 in Books
* Published on: 2006-09-25
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 528 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"If any parent needed convincing that Dr. T. Berry Brazelton knows babies, loves babies, and has important things to say about babies, it is there, repeatedly, in Touchpoints...Brazelton understands."

"The book that has guided a generation of parents has been revised to reflect...today's family...Includes timely new information." -- (HealthNewsDigest.com, 10/16/2006)

"There has always been something highly empowering about Touchpoints. The new edition brings its success up to date." -- INFODAD.com, 11/9/2006

About the Author
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Brown University. He is a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers, and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., The Irreducible Needs of Children.

Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D child psychiatrist and supervisor of inpatient psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Director of Training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. He is co-author with Dr. Brazelton of Touchpoints Three to Six and several titles in the Brazelton Way series.