Your Second Child: A Guide for Parents

by Joan Solomon Weiss

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Your Second Child is the first book to focus on the special challenges and joys of being a parent for the second time.

is the first definitive discussion of the problems, pleasures, and pitfalls of being a parent for the second time, with practical guidelines on sibling rivalry, scheduling, how to avoid comparisons between siblings, and other topics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067125619X
• ISBN13: 9780671256197
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Very helpful book

We were expecting our second child and both of us read this book. It provided some good advice on both the psychological issues faced by each member of the family and the pragmatic ones as well. It also highlighted how pregnancy can be very different from an emotional/psychological point of view than it was the first time. Highly recommended reading. I've been buying it as a gift for expectant friends.

Excellent overview for the couple trying to decide

This book was extremely helpful to me in clarifyingwhether I wanted to have a second child. Theauthor cites many different studies on birth order and parenting, even when the results conflict, because there is no particular agenda to this book. I appreciate the author's willingness to allow the readers to sift through the information and make up their OWN minds. I am going to lend this book to a lot of my friends!