Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition (Mass Market Paperbound)

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition Book Description

Dr. Spock's classic handbook on caring for and rearing children is now fully revised and expanded for the 21st century. Includes entirely new chapters on such topics as international adoption, autism, coping with terrorism and other disasters, and much more. Original.
THE CLASSIC HANDBOOK -- COMPLETELY UP-TO-DATE

For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, in this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of child-rearing in the new millennium -- including entirely new chapters about international adoption, reading aloud, multiple intelligences, autism, coping with terrorism and disasters, and other such topics as:

- breast-feeding: the latest research, approaches, and techniques

- common medical-care Q&A

- talking to your child about sex, drugs, and disease

- immunizations, vitamins, and nutrition

- learning, behavioral, and/or physical disorders

- dental and vision care

- raising non-violent children, teaching tolerance

- blended families

- first aid and injury prevention

...and more. With all-new glossaries of medical terms and common medications, and an updated list of resources, this invaluable guide is the next best thing to Dr. Spock's #1 rule of parenting: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

About the Author :

Benjamin Spock has contributed to Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition as an author. Benjamin Spock, M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. He then became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. He had two sons, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren. Dr. Spock, who died March 15, 1998, at age ninety-four, was married to Mary Morgan. "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care" has been translated into thirty-

Book Details

Title:	Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Author:	Benjamin Spock, Robert Needlman, Robert Needlman
Edition:	Mass Market Paperbound
Edition Number:	8
Language:	English
ISBN:	0743476689
EAN:	9780743476683
No. of Pages:	992
Publish Date:	2004-5-25
Binding:	Mass Market Paperbound

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