Parents Book for Raising a Healthy Child

By Morris Wessel

A Healthy Child Is A Happy Child. Your child's health is the most precious thing in the world. As a parent, you can take steps to ensure his or her well-being during the vital growing years. And if... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345314301
• ISBN13: 9780345314307
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A must have for new parents

Dr. Wessel, who for many years was a professor of pediatrics at Yale University, and who has cared for generations of children, has written an indispensible resource for new parents. My wife and I have many, many books about child-rearing, but this thoughtful and informative book is far and away the best.

Useful way to figure out why your child is sick

Okay, let's be honest. My dad wrote this book. But he and my mom raised four children, and he cared for thousands in New Haven. For years, he kept track of parents' questions on little index cards. When it came time to write a book, he knew which questions parents really needed answered. My friends, to whom I give the book the moment they become first-time parents, says it's useful because it's easy to look up symptoms and figure out if their child is really sick and with what