Description

Are you aware parents of today's era? Do you wonder how to better fulfill your role? Would you like to be perfect? To not deprive your child of anything, neither emotionally nor materially, to not pressure them, to not upset them. A nearly impossible task.

You have your own character and personal needs that you must also take care of. Raising a child will bring you moments of joy and pride but also moments of exhaustion and disappointment. You will find yourself hugging them in joy as well as to comfort them, praising them but also punishing them, laughing but also getting angry with them.

You will need to talk and persuade them, set boundaries and demand their respect. You should try to see the world through their eyes, but without forgetting your own perspective. Be confident in what you propose and in what you need to implement. Without guilt and mixed messages, because otherwise, your child will not be able to trust you.

This book will impart some knowledge about child development and the difficulties that may arise and require professional help.

Eleni Lazaratou is a child psychiatrist, head of the Child and Adolescent Service of the A' Psychiatric Clinic, and a professor at the Medical School of the University of Athens. She completed her studies in France, where she trained in the psychodynamic approach to child and family problems. Her many years of experience have led her to a personalized perspective that takes into account both the needs of children and those of parents.

Contents

1. Parenting
2. Daily parenting practices
3. Are we born or do we become parents?
4. The child of pregnancy
5. The early relationships of the infant
6. Nutrition in infancy
7. Sleep in infancy
8. Language development
9. Psychomotor development
10. Control of the sphincters
11. Aggressive and disobedient children
12. Anxiety
13. Fears and phobias of childhood
14. The hyperactive child
15. Myoclonic jerks (tics)
16. Obsessions and compulsions
17. Autism spectrum disorders
18. Asperger syndrome
19. Adjustment to school and Learning disorders
20. Sleep and dreams
21. Psychosomatic disorders of childhood
22. Sick and disabled children
23. The child of divorce
24. Children of assisted reproduction
25. The adopted child
26. School bullying
27. The child and death
28. Crisis of adolescence
29. Eating disorders in adolescence
30. Addictive behaviors
31. Use of toxic substances in adolescence

Conclusion
Bibliography