The Magic Years

<br/><B>CONTENTS</B><br/><br/>PREFACE<br/><br/>Part I. <I>INTRODUCTION</I><br/><br/>1. All About Witches, Ogres, Tigers, and Mental Health<br/><br/>A Fable.<br/><br/>What Is Mental Health?<br/><br/>What Is Anxiety?<br/><br/>First: A Human Protector Against Danger.<br/><br/>The Ego Defends Against Danger.<br/><br/>"Laughing Tiger."<br/><br/>An Infant Scientist.<br/><br/>Imagination, the Intellect and Mental Health.<br/><br/>Part II. <I>THE FIRST EIGHTEEN MONTHS</I><br/><br/>2. "Share Off Slumber and Beware..."<br/><br/>The New-Born.<br/><br/>"Why Does the Baby Smile?"<br/><br/>The Jig-Saw Puzzle World.<br/><br/>On Becoming a Person.<br/><br/>The Case of the Vanishing Object.<br/><br/>Travel and Perspectives.<br/><br/>Locomotion and the Solitary Self.<br/><br/>The Missionaries Arrive.<br/><br/>At Eighteen Months.<br/><br/>3. "Civilization and Its Discontents"<br/><br/>What Good Is A Theory?<br/><br/>Feeding and Feeding Theories.<br/><br/>Disturbances Connected with Separation Anxiety.<br/><br/>Activity Brings Problems, Too.<br/><br/>Introduction to Bowel Training.<br/><br/>Some Disturbances Connected with Bowel Training.<br/><br/>Prevention of Disorders Through Early Detection.<br/><br/>Part III. <I>EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO THREE YEARS</I><br/><br/>4. In Brobdingnag<br/><br/>The Magician.<br/><br/>Abracadabra.<br/><br/>A Voyage to Brobdingnag.<br/><br/>Magic and Science.<br/><br/>"I"<br/><br/>5. Education Toward Reality<br/><br/>The Building of a Conscience.<br/><br/>Weak Spots in the Control System.<br/><br/>Helping the Child Overcome His Fears.<br/><br/>Part IV. <I>THREE YEARS TO SIX</I><br/><br/>6. A Shift in the Center of the Universe<br/><br/>Toward the Age of Reason.<br/><br/>Of Mice and Men.<br/><br/>"Who Am I?" "Where Did I Come From?"<br/><br/>About the Oedipus Complex.<br/><br/>7. Education for Love<br/><br/>The Meaning of Sex Education.<br/><br/>The Parental Dilemma.<br/><br/>How Far Should the Child's Curiosity Be Satisfied?<br/><br/>On Giving Sex Information.<br/><br/>The Educational Role of the Parents during the Oedipal Phase.<br/><br/>Identification.<br/><br/>On Being a Girl.<br/><br/>On Being a Boy.<br/><br/>8. Education of Conscience<br/><br/>The Dawn of Conscience.<br/><br/>Discipline.<br/><br/>The Psychology of Punishment.<br/><br/>The Acquisition of Moral Values.<br/><br/>The Right to Feel.<br/><br/>Part V. <I>CONCLUSION</I><br/><br/>9. Toward the Future<br/><br/>All Kinds of Fortunes.<br/><br/>Lessons from the Laboratories of Human Error and Disaster.<br/><br/>Lessons from a Model Institution.<br/><br/>Can We Insure Against Neurosis?<br/><br/>INDEX