Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self : 18 to 36 Months Book

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Importance of Being Two: The speed and force of growth in every facet of a child's being from 18 to 36 months. How and why this is the best of all possible times to guide a child to a lifetime of joy and accomplishment.
2. The Young Child's Brain and Mind: New findings force changes in the way we think about growth, nature, nurture, and personality. Why daily experience matters more than we thought.
3. Temperament and Style: Figuring out your child's and your own. How they shape a child's perception of the world and his connection to you.
4. "Me Do!" The roots of autonomy, self-reliance, self- regard and the "trying (not so terrible) twos." The passion, thrills and chills of exploration.The beginnings of body mastery and sensuality unplugged
5. The Thinker: Learning, memory, curiosity, intelligence: What they are and how they are measured.
6. Communication Through Show and Tell: Language explosions. Behavior that speaks when words fail. Saying what they mean and understanding when they can't.
7. Play, Learning, and the Dawn of Imagination: When play is more than fun and becomes the work of understanding. Figuring out the real from the not so real.
8. Limits and Affection: The power of relationships in shaping the child's sense of self. When to make a deal, and when to cut your loses. What about spoiling?
9. The World Beyond Mom and Dad: The power, effect and variety of experience with other caretaking adults in and out of the home. The capacity to be alone.
10. Boys and Girls Together: Using what we know in everyday life.
11. A World of Difference: How culture, tradition, and family style shape the way we parent and how our children develop.
12. Ages and Stages: How the many facets of growth occur and mesh chronologically.
Beyond Birthday Three
Professional References
Index
About the Author