Caring for Infants and Toddlers

Focuses on the daily care of the nation's youngest children (YC) -- those between birth & age 3. During these years, the infant's brain & body, mind & personality take shape in a way that reflects inherent biological factors & environ'l. influences. Early develop. feeds on everyday experiences of learning & nurturance. Articles: caring for I&T: analysis & recommendations; develop. in the first years of life; child care & our YC; caring for our YC: public attitudes in the U.S.; employer supports for parents with YC; Fed. & state efforts to improve care for I&T; internat. policies toward leave & child care; & 6 articles illustrating new efforts to strengthen the care given to the nation's YC. Illustrated.Behrman, Richard E. is the author of 'Caring for Infants and Toddlers', published 2002 under ISBN 9780756718947 and ISBN 0756718945.