This state-of-the art book is the most current guide to understanding the importance of affective development in the education and treatment of the young child. To date, there has been no other publication that brings together the thinking of leading theoreticians, researchers, and clinicians from such diverse fields as psychoanalysis, social psychology, and developmental psychology. The Feeling Child will aid in practice, training, and scholarship of professionals in all child and youth-related disciplines--mental health, health, child development, child care, early childhood education, and special education.