Talking to Parents

by D.W. Winnicott

Book Overview

The respected child psychologist presents a collection of insightful essays full of useful advice on how to understand the parent-infant process, offering liberating and reassuring guidance on helping... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201608936
• ISBN13: 9780201608939
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Easy-to-read book from a great psychologist

These are a set of collected articles, many of them transcripts of radio talks given by Winnicott, who is one of the best regarded child psychologists in the UK. I bought this shortly after the birth of our daughter, our first child, and expect to return to it a lot in the coming years. Basically, Winnicott talks about how to introduce the word "no" to your child, and that although you may never be as good a parent as you want to be, often genuinely wanting to be a good parent is enough. That's what I got from the first reading - I will read it again, several times, and expect that both I and my daughter will benefit a lot from it. It is easy to read, with gentle humour, by a man who really cares about children and their parents.