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.

Five families are shown coping, with Dr. Brazelton's help, with issues concerning their children, including sibling rivalry, discipline, separation and divorce, sleep, crying, and overload.

"Cognitive science has provided exciting breakthroughs in child development. This DVD demonstrates how children are learning much more, at much earlier ages than many experts thought possible-- and that learning is rooted in emotion as well as logic"--Container.