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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: The Art of Mothering

PART 1 Preconception, Pregnancy, Natural Childbirth, and Midwifery

CHAPTER 1 Preconception

CHAPTER 2 A Healthy, Wide-Awake Pregnancy

CHAPTER 3 Natural (Drug-Free) Childbirth

PART 2 Baby¹s Early Years

CHAPTER 4 Breastfeeding

CHAPTER 5 Circumcision

CHAPTER 6 Vaccinations

CHAPTER 7 Crying

CHAPTER 8 Night Waking

CHAPTER 9 Attachment Parenting

PART 3 Feeding the Family

CHAPTER 10 First Food

Chapter 11 Healthy Eating for the Whole Family

PART 4 Natural Health Care

CHAPTER 12 Alternative Medicine and Family Health

CHAPTER 13 The Natural Approach to Common Infant and Childhood Ailments

CHAPTER 14 What Makes a Healthy Family?

PART 5 Family Matters

CHAPTER 15 Discipline

CHAPTER 16 Adolescence

CHAPTER 17 Approaches to Sexuality

CHAPTER 18 High Technology -- Uses and Abuses

CHAPTER 19 Toys and Family Values

CHAPTER 20 Wholesome Family Entertainment

PART 6 Educational Alternatives

CHAPTER 21 Public Schooling

CHAPTER 22 Alternative Education

CHAPTER 23 Homeschooling

PART 7 When Bad Things Happen

CHAPTER 24 Handling Divorce

CHAPTER 25 Handling Death

AFTERWORD: Trusting and Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent

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