This comprehensive book captures the delight, discovery, and drama of the emotional world of the developing child, offering a close look at the behaviors and competencies that define and change preschoolers' emotional and social lives. Denham's well-respected work on young children also has important implications for the wider concept of & emotional competence'/m-/an area that is fundamental to who we are and how we are with others. Integrating scholarly material with real-life examples, the book will be useful to students, educators, and others concerned with the subjective and social worlds children live in and share with us. It provides an impressive integration and unified consideration of findings from related developmental areas.