T. Berry Brazelton, MD, is professor of pediatrics emeritus at Harvard Medical School. He founded the Child Development Unit at the Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center. From 1970 to 1972, he was chairman of the Child Development Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioral Assessment is now in use in twenty research centers in the United States and several foreign countries. Among his many books are Infants and Mothers, On Becoming a Family, Working and Caring, and What Every Baby Knows. In 1988, Dr. Brazelton received the American Medical Writers Association Annual Book Award.

Life with a toddler can be perplexing. Parents sorely need the practical advice Dr. Brazelton offers for surviving - and enjoying - the struggles and triumphs of their child at this age. In this careful revision of his classic work, he emphasizes the special strains on working parents, the role of fathers, and the needs of toddlers in day-care centers.