ABSTRACT
In his second year of life, the child gains a new perspective on the world from the standing position. Since he also can use language, he is able to make himself understood in a more differentiated way, describing and demonstrating his wishes and emotions. This chapter explores the world from a toddler's perspective, in order to gain insight into his feelings and what lies behind his behaviour. It describes paths of development for the second year of life in terms of the following rubrics: the urge to walk, independence and separations, children's play, discipline and order, acquirement of language, toilet training and development of sexual identity. During Kelly's second year, her parents' marriage collapsed. Kelly's mother emphasised that the marriage's failure had nothing to do with Kelly, but rather with their sexual problems. The chapter describes the process of further development in the two families of Kelly and Max, in order to demonstrate how their second year of life progressed.
