Children Who Fail to Thrive
A Practice Guide
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION
Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse; 'stablish their feet.
Apocrypha, II Esdras Ch. 2, v. 25
PREAMBLE
This book is based on more than a quarter of a century of research, clinical
work, and independent assessment work concerning children who fail to
thrive. It also draws upon a 20-year follow-up study of 31 subjects, and so
contributes to an understanding of the problems of such children, as well
as shedding light on parental perceptions and management of difficulties
associated with failure to thrive.
Many years of direct contact with these children and their families provided
invaluable experience and the accumulation of knowledge about characteristics
of children and parents, family dynamics, and problems associated
with growth and development. Most importantly, it became clear that
there were many aspects of failure to thrive, ranging from mild problems of
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