The fifth birthday represents an important landmark in a child's development. They are now ready to start primary school, and we no longer speak of a baby; instead we refer to the boy or the girl. Over the next five years, as their experiences outside the home increase they seem to be more reserved and difficult to share things with. This is a child trying to make sense of their new experiences while preserving their link to their earlier environment.
The author, AH Brafman worked as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in the NHS.
Teenage Parenthood: What's the Problem?
Edited by Simon Duncan, Rosalind Edwards and Claire Alexander. The Tufnell Press
This book presents recent research on teenage parenthood, in an accessible manner. Topics covered include the relationship between age, pre-existing disadvantage and social outcomes for mothers and their children, how young parents see themselves as "just another mum or dad", and education and employment.
The issues are placed in the context of a review of research evidence on teenage parenting and will appeal to academics, policymakers and professionals.
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