In the past, researchers have treated the development of the emotions and the task of emotional regulation as two separate topics. Until now, understanding the first topic has never been seen as relevant for the second. This is the area pioneered by Emotional Development. This book presents the early phases of emotional life from a developmental perspective. It reveals the timing, function and common core processes underlying the emergence of specific emotions. It discusses our capacity for and individual styles of emotional regulation. Close ties between emotional, cognitive, social and CNS development are discussed, too.