The little trials of childhood and children's strategies for dealing with them
By: Frances Chaput Waksler.
Publisher: Falmer Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Child psychology.; Adjustment (Psychology) in children.; Child development.; Socialization.
Other titles: Little trials of childhood
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are the little trials of childhood and children's strategies for dealing with them?; title: Whose body is it?; title: Presenting one's self; title: Activities; title: Emotions ignored, minimized, distorted, and denied; title: Knowledge; title: Knowledge: the case of Santa Claus; title: Teachers and school; title: Crying and temper tantrums, lying and subterfuge, and other strategies for dealing with the little trials of childhood; title: What can be learned?; title: Appendix: What is hard about being a child? Responses from a first-grade class.