How can you make sure that your child gets what he or she needs in those critical first few years of life? For parents looking for gentle guidance-user friendly ideas for maximizing their child's development, tips for developing a strong parent-child relationship, and ways to ensure strong cognitive, social, and emotional success-this book is for you! Above all, this book will teach you how to maximize your time with your young child-whether you are a working or stay-at-home parent-so that they get the best of you during the time you have to give! Making Kid Time Count For Ages 0-3 is research-based and parent tested-highlighting the 4 key elements that are behind any successful parent-child relationship: Time, Connection, Interaction, and Play. More importantly, this book offers a combination of current research findings and hands-on, easy "together time" activities-designed for today's busy parents and their young children.