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Bloomsbury presents The Parent's Guide to Exam Stress: Practical, positive ways to support and motivate your child (Year 7 to GCSEs, A levels & more) by Katharine Radice, read by Willow Nash. 'Expertly guides parents in how to support their children' – Dr Sheila Redfern, author of Reflective...

In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud. Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged girls...

Read by the author. Are you worried that, despite your best efforts, you're messing up your kids? Help! I'm Ruining My Kids is your invitation to trade defeat and fear for hope and joy as you follow the biblical road map to becoming the mom you're meant to be. We all desperately want to be good...

Boys today are surrounded by accusations that their very existence is toxic, told that their biological makeup is a problem and that the future is female. As Christian moms, we have the responsibility and privilege of teaching our boys what is true about who they are and what isn't. But how do we grow these tiny (and somewhat smelly) wild things into godly men of character?

Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bedtime such a struggle? This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors of anxious toddlers, offering tried-and-tested practical solutions to common parenting dilemmas. Each chapter begins with a real life example, clearly illustrating the behavior from the parent's and the toddler's perspective.

A word of mouth bestseller which has become one of the best loved and most successful books in the parenting field. With around 20% new material, Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys is to be re-released this month with some startling new research on what helps – and what harms – boys. In this...

First published more than 50 years ago, this award-winning classic brings Rachel Carson's unique vision to a new generation of listeners. The Sense of Wonder is Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, Roger, as they enjoy walks along the rocky coast of Maine and through dense forests and open fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight, and storm clouds, and listening to the "living music" of insects in the underbrush.

Brought to you by Penguin. The first evidence-based guide to empowering both children and parents to battle their anxiety Even before the pandemic, anxiety disorders were increasing in children and young people. As many parents know only too well, they have since increased exponentially...

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it's easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house - isn't this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn't feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down "the rules" to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids.

Brought to you by Penguin. A modern parenting classic by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of No Bad Kids. In this straightforward and practical book, trusted parenting teacher Janet Lansbury helps you look at the world through the eyes of small children and...

The bestselling author of UnSelfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century -- and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational...

Back in 2005, the first edition of Why Gender Matters broke ground in illuminating the differences between boys and girls—how they perceive the world differently, how they learn differently, how they process emotions and take risks differently. Dr. Sax argued that in failing to recognize these hardwired differences between boys and girls, we ended up reinforcing damaging stereotypes, medicalizing misbehavior, and failing to help kids to reach their full potential.

In 101 Tips for Developing Your Children, author Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana provides valuable tools to parents, which she learned in over a decade helping children and their parents and her own experience teaching her own 3 children about social issues and morals. It is vital to understand how your child’s brain development affects social skills and behavior in school and at home. The author offers proven methods to use your children’s whole brain to maximize the effect of positive parenting.

Read by the author. WINNER - 2025 Outreach Resource of the Year for Social Issues Discover how to move from fear and frustration to hope and confidence as you support your children in developing a healthy, God-honoring sexuality. Author, speaker, and mom of four, Greta Eskridge, equips parents...

As parents we want to safeguard our children from the pressures and influences of the world, but also prepare them for age-appropriate realities. How do we find that balance? Jessica Smartt shares ways to be more aware, proactive, and protective, but also adventurous with our kids. A former...

As the parent of a child recognised as autistic as a pre-teen or teen, it can often feel difficult to find the answers you need. Children who make it to late primary/early secondary age before being picked up by the system tend to present with traits that are harder to spot, meaning it can be...

From the world-renowned authority and internationally bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person, comes an indispensable guide for the significant number of parents who are unusually attuned to their children. The Highly Sensitive Parent is the only book of its kind, written specifically...

Discussing drugs and alcohol with your kids can be difficult for any number of reasons and applying too much negative pressure can have the opposite effect that you may be hoping for. In the eight lessons of How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs and Alcohol, Dr. Sharon Levy brings her years of expertise as a pediatrician specializing in childhood development and behavior to show you the best way to present this crucial information to the young people in your life.

"When people die, where do they go?" "Why is her skin darker than mine?" "But how does the baby get in there?" Don't panic. While we know that the first step to connecting deeply with our kids is being able to communicate, empathize, and answer their biggest queries, what do you do when that tricky-to-answer question comes out of the blue? Sometimes we just don't know what to say, so we simply change the subject or give a quick, throwaway answer—and hope it doesn't come up again. In this book, Dr. Robyn Silverman takes you through the whole spectrum of kids' curious questions.

O otimismo é essencial para uma vida plena. No entanto, ele não é um dom natural nem uma qualidade do caráter, mas uma ferramenta preciosa que pode ser aperfeiçoada desde a infância. Depois de muitos anos de pesquisas, o autor e psicólogo Martin Seligman demonstra que crianças pessimistas correm um risco muito maior de ficarem deprimidas, e constata que o otimismo pode ser desenvolvido ao superar desafios, lidar com frustrações e experimentar conquistas individuais.