Child Development: Physical and Psychologic Growth Through Adolescence

This is more than a textbook. The authors "urge college teachers not to use this book as a text alone, but rather as a focus for vigorous class discussion of experiences and observations made by the students." The book is also a valuable reference source for persons or groups concerned with problems in child growth and development. The book contains a list of films and film strips, a bibliography of more than 1,400 items, and an excellent index. The authors cover the subject competently and comprehensively. They begin with general principles and take up in turn physical influences, effects of nutrition and routines, and the influence of home, school, church, and camps. The influences of culture, race, socio-economic status, community environments, movies, radio and television, newspapers and magazines, and other recreational influences are then discussed. Typical evaluations are those of radio and television about which the authors present factual and