Fraiberg, Selma

The magic years : understanding and handling the problems of early childhood - New York Scribner c1959 - 305p.; index

Part 1 - Introduction. 1 All about witches, ogres, tigers, and mental health. Part 2 - The first eighteen months. 2 "Shake off slumber and beware...". 3 "Civilization and its discontents. Part 3 - Eighteen months to three years. 4 In Brobdingnag. 5 Education toward reality. Part 4 - Three years to six. 6 A shift in the center of the universe. 7 Education for love. 8 Education of conscience. Part 5 - Conclusion. 9 Toward the future

'...Her style is engagingly literate and graceful. Her psychoanalytic point of view is wisely leavened with intellectual breadth and a sturdy good sense, and her pages are brightened with not only a delightful humor but with a warm appreciation of the gaiety and fun that are the often neglected parts of both parenthood and childhood.'

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Infant psychology
Child development
Child psychology

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