Understanding Your Child's Temperament Author:William B. Carey, Martha M. Jablow What is your childs temperament? How does it influence behavior? What can you do about it? This enlightening book for new or perplexed parents unravels the complexities behind every childs unique behavioral style. Dr. Carey answers such questions as: Why are brother and sister so different? What can we do about the stubborn child? the shy... more » child? the fussy one?Understanding Your Childs Temperament makes years of research available to parents in an accessible, easy-to-follow way. A respected pediatrician for 31 years, Dr. Carey describes nine temperament characteristics: activity, regularity, initial reaction, adaptability, intensity, mood, persistence and attention span, distractibility, and sensitivity. With practical suggestions, he explains how to work with, not against, these inborn traits to improve the fit between a childs temperament and home, school, and community environments.Unlike other books that focus only on behavior problems, this one looks at both positive and negative sides of temperament from infancy to adolescence, and examines their influence on a broad range of areasphysical health, development, schooling, and how the child responds to stress and crisis. It also challenges the widespread overuse of medications for behavior problems. Its reassuring approach will bring anxious parents a huge sigh of relief!William B. Carey, M.D., is director of Behavioral Pediatrics at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. He received the 1991 C. Anderson Aldrich Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for outstanding contributions in the field of« less