"Pays off in relief to unnecessarily worried parents and in sound advice to those with children in serious trouble...Several qualities make this book outstanding."
--Publishers Weekly
"Sober, readable perspective on troubled behavior...walking that fine line between interpretation for a general audience and professional acumen...a competent, almost understated introduction to an often over-dramatized subject."
--Kirkus Reviews
"The work of a sensitive psychologist."
--Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
IDENTIFIES: The nine signals for concern: indicators of distress in a child; and The periods of natural childhood stress when your child must be unhappy.
HE EXPLAINS: How to diagnose your child's symptoms of distress; How to survive those times of stress; and The key techniques for successful parent intervention.
HE DISCUSSES: The emotions naturally experienced by parents when their child is troubled; Those times when parents are not enough; and What kind of help to expect from a psychotherapist; and
HE DESCRIBES: Some children who did not receive the kind of care they needed--until it was nearly too late.
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