Table Of Contents:
Preface vii

1 Introduction 1(7)

Managing behaviour 3(1)

Sophisticated mammals 3(1)

Behaving nicely 4(2)

Where next? 6(2)

2 A journey through the brain and the senses 8(30)

Part 1 The brain 8(16)

Part 2 Experiencing the world and getting to know the self 24(3)

The importance of touch 27(2)

Vision 29(2)

Hearing and communication 31(2)

Smell and taste 33(1)

The essential nature of movement 34(3)

Summary 37(1)

3 Interactions, relationships and emotional responses 38(18)

In the beginning 39(1)

The song of the mother (and father too) 40(2)

Lack of communication 42(2)

Food for thought 44(1)

The voice of the baby---the separation call 45(1)

The importance of faces 46(3)

Food for thought 49(1)

Imitating me, imitating you 50(3)

The story continues 53(1)

Attachment security---a defence against danger 54(2)

4 Time-related emergence of skills and abilities, growth and change 56(22)

Tick tock---the relentless ticking of the developmental clock 57(1)

A glance back 58(1)

A widening world---towards the child's first birthday 59(8)

Entering the second year and towards preschool 67(3)

Joy, tears, temper tantrums and `little Neros' 70(1)

Temper tantrums---those storms 71(1)

Little Neros 71(3)

Moving out of the storm 74(1)

Flights of fancy 74(2)

I'm so afraid---the emergence of fears and phobias, and aggression 76(1)

Summary 77(1)

5 The adult: awareness, sensitivity, interpretation and responses 78(20)

Do what I do 81(1)

Attachment needs 82(2)

Separations and settling 84(1)

Loss and grief 85(2)

Something strange where danger lurks 87(2)

Interpreting behaviour 89(2)

Looking through the gender lens---expectations and interpretations 91(3)

The environment 94(3)

Summary 97(1)

6 Behaviour as the self's mirror 98(9)

What is a child? A wider view 99(6)

Back to the child and behaviour 105(1)

What kind of society do we want? 106(1)
Notes 107(4)
Bibliography 111(8)
Index 119