Child of Our Time

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In 2005, the children from the BBC's groundbreaking "Child of Our Time" television series reach an important milestone as they turn five years old. Now familiar to millions of viewers who have watched their progress from birth, they have become an invaluable source of inspiration to thousands of parents who are themselves bringing up young children. This book is about those critical first five years of a child's life - it covers all the principal issues raised in the series and a great deal more besides. Society is changing so fast that childhood is not the same now as it was a generation ago, and parents face choices and problems very different from those of their parents or grandparents. Tessa Livingstone, who has worked on the series since its inception and is a mother of two, has brought together a wealth of expert knowledge. The result is an indispensable source of solid information and reassuring guidance to help everyone achieve what is every parent's wish: the best for their child. Why are children happy? How can we encourage good relationships? How confident is your child? Such fundamental questions are discussed at every stage of development, together with issues such as personality, siblings, love, learning, anger, friendship, gender, self-awareness, success, ambition and empathy. Interspersed with the text are games, fun tests and questionnaires to help parents see themselves and their children as individuals with unique needs and gifts. It will help them cope with the many issues over which they have little control, and guide them through those where they can influence and affect their young child's life for the better.

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Published
03/01/2005

Publisher
Bantam Press

ISBN
9780593054000

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Bringing up children, is one of those life events that can never truly be understood unless, you are right there in the epicentre of it all trying desperately to cope. You thought you knew what to expect and may have even had a few tricks up your sleeve in readiness for disarming the 'terrible two' tantrums and having your little one potty trained by the age of eighteen months. Overall, they're cuddly creatures aren't they and always eager for a cuddle? Well, when your little darling is kicking you hard in the face just because you're trying to change its nappy and it isn't just the contents of the potty that are dripping down the wall, even the calmest and most organised of people will be very glad that this book is now available! Based upon the BBC1 documentary series of the same name, which follows the lives of a group of twenty-five children born at the beginning of the millennium until they reach the age of twenty, this book covers their first five years. The aim of the project is to answer the question, 'what makes us what we are'? Is it the genes we have inherited or the environment in which we live, which shapes our adult destiny? Children are now growing up in a world far removed from that of our own parents and it is now known that the part we have to play begins even before birth and that our own behaviour can have an extreme effect on our developing children, continually influencing their evolving characters and conduct. This book is an amazing revelation of the complexities of childhood and what makes children tick! Through these close, personal encounters, issues such as relationships, personalities, education, genetics, social encounters, nutrition and others, are all thoroughly explored and, in the process, not only makes our children far easier to understand but pieces together how we can stimulate and guide them, helping them to become happy children and, eventually, sociable and confident adults. (Kirkus UK)