The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five Difficult Types of Children

The book that helps parents match the child care to the child

Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. For each of these, there are parenting patterns to avoid and those that help the most. The Challenging Child reassures parents that they do not simply have to live with their child's temperament but can fit their parenting style to their child's unique personality and help each child build on strengths, master weaknesses, and embrace life with confidence and skills.


Author: Stanley I. Greenspan
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Published: 09/10/1996
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.02w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780201441932
ISBN10: 0201441934
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Children with Special Needs
- Psychology | Developmental | Child
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | General

About the Author
Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Jacqueline Salmon, a staff writer on the Washington Post, is the mother of two young children and has lived the very issues outlined in this book.