Child Sense

The first major childcare book since the Baby Whisperer - your one-stop guide to the first 5 years.

Would you like to 'speak' to your baby? Are you worried about abnormal bad behaviour? Or surprised by how different your toddler's temperament is to your own?

Most of the everyday conflicts that plague families stem simply from a communication gap between parent and child. Famous for her life-changing system of baby language , in Child Sense Priscilla Dunstan extends her focus to the first 5 years of life, revealing how best to interpret your child's behaviour and maximise their potential for success and happiness in life.

With hands-on experience as a mum, as well as 8 years of practical one-on-one work as a family therapist, Priscilla's revolutionary insight is to identify that each of us is born with one dominant sense mode seeing, hearing, touching, or tasting and smelling. And that this exercises a profound influence on the way we experience the world and communicate our needs to those around us.

Whether you have a visual child, who is always concerned with how things look, or a tactile child, who is physical and practical and responds best to clear, direct suggestions, Priscilla offers invaluable advice about everything from toilet training to temper tantrums, from sleepless nights to problem eating. And she has a repertoire of tips and techniques to help you interpret your little one's behaviour, and adapt your parenting style to suit their temperament.

With real-life case studies, checklists and personality quizzes, Child Sense reveals how learning one thing about your child could change both your lives.

About the Author

Priscilla Dunstan is the Australian mum whose talent as a 'baby listener' won her the acclaim of Oprah Winfrey and established her as a trusted expert in the baby world. She has set up family research clinics in Australia and the US.