The Essential Partnership: 2how Parents and Children Can Meet the Emotional Challenges of Infancy

The authors of First Feelings offer counsel here to parents of infants and children through age five, based on Stanley Greenspan's experiences as a psychiatrist with a pediatric practice in Washington, D.C. (he also teaches at George Washington University Medical School and appears frequently on national TV). The Greenspans urge parents to join in a ``partnership'' with their offspring to cope with emotional, physical and social problems of early childhood, from eating and sleeping to anger, aggression, sexuality, separation anxiety and competition. The authors' methods and detailed practical suggestions rest on the principle of showing care and respect for those you love by paying attention to them. Readers will find their recommendations eminently useful. 35,000 first printing; $35,000 ad/promo; author tour. (Mar.)