In Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development, by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow created a research study of four children in four-year period, from three to six. This is where the book begins with the introduction of the four "Brazelton children" who are Billy, Minnie, Marcy, and Tim. It lists numerous everyday situations that parents are expected to face, and instead explode by handling them Brazelton-style. Touchpoints, as the book explains in the introduction, are a time of vulnerability as the child continues to grow and develop, because setbacks or regressions in their behavior occur during these moments. Billy is a Caucasian boy, determined and extroverted, he observes his environment and steps forward to fit into that situation. Three-year-old Billy faces the addition of a little sister, Brazelton then tries to help a child deal with a new sibling. There is a lifelong rivalry between Billy and his sister Abby and it's a very common reaction. Minnie is half Caucasian and half Asian, an active child who might be a little too hyper, yet she charges into a situation without observing as Billy had. Minnie becomes more attached to her father and for this reason her mother often feels excluded and jealous. Minnie is the difficult child and it's the section I identify with the most. Marcy is an African American, outgoing child who, surprisingly to her family, suffers from learning disabilities. Marcy was a leader, she enjoyed leading other children in play and being in control. Marcy is graceful but a little clumsy in her early years, and as she grows, she must learn to control her movements. Tim, who is extremely shy and unprepared for social interaction because of the pain it causes to...... middle of paper ......children in healthy development, even through difficult and vulnerable times.My opinion on Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development is full of different touchpoints that children deal with and how parents need to approach these touchpoints. If a parent has a child with four of these temperaments, the confident child, the difficult child, the hypersensitive child or the coping child, reading this book is already ideal for these parents. Even if the parent reading this book does not have one of these four temperaments, it is still a useful book for parents. In this book there are many guidelines to help parents understand the steps necessary to raise their children. Works Cited Brazelton, TB & Sparrow, JD (2001) Touchpoints: Your Childs's Emotional and Behavioral Development Perseus Publishing, Cambridge: MA