Dr. Billy Garvey works as a developmental psychologist and pediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, renowned in Melbourne. His Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child’s Mental Health is clearly a labor of love and his desire to help children, young and older, is palpable. Using real-life examples and developing his “ten things” systematically and carefully, the author has written a sublime book, one this reader wishes he had read decades ago before children and grandchildren. Writing from a deep basis of research and also a long history of practice, Garvey covers the core factors of temperament and the crucial role of attachment, before offering ways forward for just about any of the issues he confronts daily as confused, sad, or angry kids troop through his clinic. The words in Ten Things are not mere words; luminous wisdom (able to draw tears) rises from every page. A must for anyone involved with or interested in children, or indeed for a reader wanting to understand herself.
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