New First Three Years of Life

Burton L. White is the director of the Center for Parent Education in Newton, Massachusetts, and the designer of the Missouri New Parents as Teachers Project. The father of four (now grown) children, he lives in Waban, Massachusetts.

• ContentsPrefaceSection I: She Seven Phases of the First Three Years of Life1 Birth to Eight Months: Guidelines for Phases I to V2 Phase I: Birth to Six Weeks3 Phase II: Six to Fourteen Weeks4 Phase III: Three and a Half to Five and a Half Months5 Phase IV: Five and a Half to Eight Months6 Phase V: Eight to Fourteen Months7 Phase VI: Fourteen to Twenty-four Months8 Phase VII: Twenty-four to Thirty-six Months9 An Overview of Educational Developments During the First Three Years of LifeSection II: Topics Related to Child Rearing During the First Three Years of Life 257IntroductionPart I: Major IssuesAvoidance of SpoilingSibling RivalryDisciplineHearing AbilityDevelopmental DifficultiesBreast-FeedingSubstitute Child CareOnset of Early BehaviorsPlayToysNature Versus NurtureOlder First-Time MothersPart II: Other IssuesPrograms That Promise PrecocityTeaching Infants to SwimThe Role of the FatherBondingPlay GroupsThe Bilingual HomeHow Amazing Is the Newborn?Toilet TrainingProfessional ServicesAider the Third YearNursery SchoolConcluding RemarksHow Tough It Is to KnowA Hot PotatoThe Toughest Parts of the JobNew Parents as TeachersRecommended ReadingsIndex

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