When You Worry About The Child You Love: Emotional and Learning Problems in Children

About this book

For many parents, nothing is more upsetting than to sense that their child is depressed, disruptive, or anxious for no apparent reason. Some agonize over what they might have done wrong or what they should be doing differently. Others are quick to attribute seeming irregularities to a problem at school, stress, low self-esteem, or the latest diagnostic buzzword. They may not know that other factors can be involved. In When You Worry About the Child You Love, child psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Edward Hallowell explains the biological basis for a wide range of childhood behavioral problems, shows readers how to identify these problems, and advises when to get help.Following in the same direction as his pioneering books Driven to Distraction and Answers to Distraction. Dr. Hallowell lifts the burden of accountability from parents and children alike, empowering parents to take decisive action if necessary. Articulate, authoritative, and enthusiastic, he takes the reader through some of the most common problems encountered in childhood and shows how biology and genetics contribute to all of them - without ignoring other contributing factors. The father of three young children, Dr. Hallowell knows how most parents worry endlessly about their kids. If your child's problem is merely a natural stage of the growing process, this book will give you relief and reassurance. If your child is developing a serious problem requiring professional diagnosis and treatment, this book will help you become alert to it.