Maycee Lunt

"Every child needs to be loved . . . you will find that affectionate care is the mainstay of children's first relationships. When children are treated with sensitivity, they learn to trust others, express their own needs, and empathize with others' feelings. You will learn that children do not always obtain adequate support to weather life's challenges. When adversities outweigh children'c coping skills, their personal mechanisms for managing distress, the unfortunate oucome can be anxiety, depression, and health problems. Fortunately, teacher, counselors, and other practitioners can nurture children, ease their troubles, teach adaptive coping skills, and steer them toward a healthy future." (Teresa M. McDevitt and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Child Development and Education, 401)