The book with comprehensive and practicable coverage, acquaints its readers with thorough knowledge and skills to help the growing children in their proper growth and development enabling them to reach the limit of their excellence on one hand and instilling in them the sense of responsibility towards their society and nation on the other hand. It dwells on the essential topics such as nature of the process of growth and development going on at the various ages and developmental stages of children, their developmental needs and characteristics, individual differences and diversities existing among them, development of various abilities and capacities like intelligence, creativity and overall personality characteristics, nature of the age-linked behavioural problems, adjustment and mental health, parenting styles and methods of dealing with the behavioural problems, adjustment and stressful conditions of the developing children. The text equips the readers with all what is in demand for helping the developing children at this juncture of rapid industrialization, globalization, urbanization, Modernization and economic change. It is primarily designed for the undergraduate students of education and elementary education