Ames, Louise Bates

Describes the characteristics of age five. Some topics included are discipline, school, individuality, etc.

Addresses issues that most concern parents of infants, toddlers, preteens, and teens such as: eating, sleeping, toilet training, starting school, discipline, bad habits, gifted children, hyperactivity, drinking and drugs, abuse and abduction.

A guide to help the parent answer a nervous and inquisitive child's questions about school, why they have to go, and what opportunities abound.

Offers advice on how to cope with an unpredictable nine-year-old.