"A child's brain helps parents and educators understand the biological, emotional, and neurological changes of childhood so they can support children's learning, socialization and growth."--Back cover.

Nature and nurture: from past to present -- Mastering movement : from imitation to exploration -- Brain organization : from input to output -- Development and growth : from womb to world -- Nurturing : from unconditional love to behavioral limits -- Family and friends : from close to loose bonds -- Nutrition : from necessary to nice -- The unexpected : from joys and toys to fears and tears -- Childhood illness : from short to long term -- Intelligence, creativity, and the arts : from what is to what could be -- Home and beyond home : from biology to technology -- Preparing for adolescence : from a sheltered childhood toward an autonomous adulthood -- Neurons and glial cells -- Theories of multiple intelligences.