child care

Provides information and advice on raising and caring for a child from newborn to five years, discussing the stages the child goes through, and what the child is experiencing and feeling.

Offers information, advice, and tips on having a baby, discussing pregnancy, childbirth, caring for an infant, and handling the toddler, and includes information on common illnesses and disorders, and emergencies and first aid.

Offers practical information to help parents meet the daily physical and emotional needs of their disabled child.

Tips for baby-sitters including do's and don'ts.

Presents a brief illustrated guide to beginning sign language, with signs for directions, activities, foods, and feelings.

Children first is above all a call to action. It boldly spells out: What specific policies our cociety must adopt in order to descriminate in favor of the children and teh grownups who care for them; how measures like paid parenetal leave and universal preschool will actually end up saving us money; why "family friendly" workplaces and communities turn out to be good for employers and ordinary taxpayers.