First Feelings

By Stanley I. Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan,

Book cover of First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child

Book description

Greenspan outlines the six stages of emotional growth in early childhood and explores the ways in which they are communicated, emphasizing parental interaction as the key to a child's healthy, emotional maturation.

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Psychiatrist Dr., Greenspan illuminates in careful detail for parents six emotional milestones on an infantā€™s journey toward becoming a more self-regulated person with an organized sense of self. He provides positive and wise supports for parents to help each child along this pathway.

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