The author suggests that the best possible opportunities and experiences must be provided for children in those vital early years so that children have happy and fulfilling experiences. The book puts the onus on the reader to start making changes immediately. If we ignore this book's contents we do so at our peril.

The author suggests that the best possible opportunities and experiences must be provided for children in those vital early years so that children have happy and fulfilling experiences. The book puts the onus on the reader to start making changes immediately. If we ignore this book's contents we do so at our peril. Thus this book makes a very valuable contribution to scholarship and one that can not be ignored.

Acknowledgements, Preface, Clarifications/explanations
1. The Introduction
2. Historical Review of the Main Educational Theorists
3. Emotional Development
4. Social Development
5. Moral Development
6. Spiritual Development
7. Holistic Child Development
8. A Vision for the Future
Bibliography
Index