ix Feature Contents Focus on Careers Child Care Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Child Advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Elementary School Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Marriage and Family Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Social Worker—Adoption Coordinator . . . . . . . 78 Recreation Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Genetic Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Social and Human Service Assistant . . . . . . . . . 172 Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Certifi ed Nurse-Midwife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Physician—Neonatologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Retail Sales Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Physician—Pediatric Ophthalmologist . . . . . . . 247 Mental Health Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Registered Dietitian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Speech-Language Pathologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Survey Researcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Dental Hygienist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Children’s Multimedia Artist and Animator . . . 454 Preschool Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 School Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Sociologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Playground Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 Toy Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 Recreational Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672 Special Education Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 Child Development Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Child Care Center Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Career Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 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