1. What to Expect During This Phase: How children are programmed to learn
2. How to Support Your Child's Development: Offering encouragement and enriching their experiences
3. Solving Specific Problems: Crying, sleeping and eating (and a word on deafness)
Section 2. The Preschool Years
4. What to Expect During This Phase: The first steps towards independence
5. How to Support Your Child's Development: The importance of play and praise
6. Solving Specific Problems: Tantrums, fussy eating, fears - and others besides
Section 3. Starting School
7. What to Expect During This Phase: How children gain a clearer sense of the world
8. How to Support Your Child's Development: Nurturing confidence and creativity
9. Solving Specific Problems: From behavioural and learning difficulties to loneliness and bedwetting
Resources, References and Suggested Reading