title: The Milestones Project: Celebrating Childhood Around the World
author:  Richard Steckel 
description: "The mission of The Milestones Project, founded by Dr. RICHARD STECKEL and MICHELE STECKEL, is to empower individuals, parents, and families to take actions in their own lives to reduce intolerance, promote nonviolence, and have a lasting impact upon the larger world. "<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  Acknowledgments
  Throughout my thirty-seven-year research career, I have always
  had help from others. As the years went by the numbers have
  grown to thousands of people. I have never, however, formally
  acknowledged my gratitude for one other kind of essential
  assistance. Brandeis, MIT, and Harvard have provided the bases
  that made my research possible over more than twenty years.
  In 1976 I represented the United States at meetings of UNESCO. It
  was quite clear that no other country has ever supported research
  on the development of children to anywhere near the extent that
  this country has.
  To each of these institutions I am deeply grateful.
  To the memory of a wonderful young man, Mark Howard Herman
  
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  •The Bilingual Home J21 • How Amazing Is (he Newborn? J22 •
  Toilet Training }25 • Professional Services .U6 •After the Third
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  • \nrsery School .U1
  Concluain^ RemarKs 343
  • How lough It Is to Kiiow 344 •A Hot Potato 349 • The Toughest
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