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Child Development ix
Feature Contents
Focus on Careers
Career Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
Child Advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Child Care Center Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Child Care Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Child Development Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Children’s Media Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Dental Hygienist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician . . . . . . 487
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Elementary School Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Genetic Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Marriage and Family Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Mental Health Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Nurse-Midwife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Personal Financial Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Physician—Neonatologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Physician—Pediatric Ophthalmologist . . . . . . . 247
Playground Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Public Information Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Recreational Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Registered Dietitian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Retail Sales Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
School Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Social and Human Service Assistant . . . . . . . . . 172
Social Worker—Adoption Coordinator . . . . . . . 78
Sociologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Special Education Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Speech-Language Pathologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Survey Researcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Focus on Financial Literacy
Child Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Parenting Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Comparing Costs of Early Childhood
Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
Case Study
Is Aggression Caused by Heredity? . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Why Are Some Children So Disorganized? . . . . 35
How Can Cultural Differences Be Merged
for a Good Marriage? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Are Some Forms of Discipline Better
Than Others? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Should Unborn Babies Have Health
Protection Rights? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
What Are the Consequences of Teen
Parenthood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
How Can Parents Best Cope with a
Preterm Birth Crisis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Why Do Some Newborns Fail to Thrive? . . . . . 211
Can Baby Signing Delay Learning to Talk? . . . 243
Can an Infant’s Parents Be Too Cautious? . . . . . 275
Should Parents Push Motor Skills? . . . . . . . . . . 303
Which Language Should Be the Language
of Instruction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
How Can Toddlers’ Separation Anxiety Be
Handled? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Should Preschoolers Be Taught
Handwriting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Can Imaginative Preschoolers Confuse
Reality and Fantasy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
How Should Teachers Address Parents’
Beliefs About Gender Roles? . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
How Might Parents Approach the Topic of
Precocious Puberty with Their Child? . . . . 495
At What Age Should Children Have Their
Own Cell Phones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Are Friendship Rejections Serious? . . . . . . . . . . 557
How Do Children Learn Through Art? . . . . . . 587
What Does It Take to Keep a Child Safe? . . . . . 611
What Does It Mean to Be a Mandated
Reporter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
How Do Special Needs Affect Children
and Families? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
How Do Early Learning Standards Impact
Preschool Programs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Which Method of Instruction Is Best? . . . . . . . . 749