This single-volume, comprehensive encyclopedia provides information and instruction for parents on all aspects of child care and development from birth through adolescence. It contains the following features:

• More than 1,000 major topics covered in 775 main entries.
• Fully cross-referenced.
• More than 130 separate instructional drawings.
• Balanced coverage of physical and psychological subjects in the areas of: development; health; medicine; care; first-aid; safety; behavior and behavior disorders; guidance and discipline; learning and education; family life.
• Completely up-to-date. The many articles on subjects of contemporary interest include: Adolescent panic; Brain dysfunction, mild; Crib death; Drug abuse; Dyslexia; Flammable clothing and bedding; Genetic counseling; Hyaline membrane disease; Hyperactivity; Kidney machine; Lead poisoning; Mental health centers; Poisoning (covers modern household products); Post- mature babies; Sexual behavior in adolescence; Toys and violence.
• Back material includes appendices on poison control centers, mental health clinics, genetic counseling centers, government and charitable agencies, a bibliography, a calorie chart and an immunization chart for parents’ use.

The authors of this book, Dr. Milton I. Levine and his wife, Jean H. Seligmann, bring to the subject many years of training and experience in the medical and emotional care of children and the education of both professionals and the public in child health and development. Parents can be assured of finding here complete, authoritative, and up-to-date information in the areas of pediatric medicine, child psychology, and child care and guidance. In addition, as parents and grandparents themselves, the authors have seen many fads in child raising come and go. They offer not only professional expertise, but the understanding and assurance that is gained with time and personal experience. Parents will recognize that their advice and recommendations reflect common sense, a love of children, and an appreciation of the inevitable worries and great satisfactions of parenthood.

In this volume the authors present in easily accessible form the knowledge and understanding they have earned in a lifetime of working with children, parents, teachers, and child guidance experts. For parents the book is an invaluable reference—both as a practical guide in small and large emergencies and as a source of general information on child development and family life.