When Life Sucks: The practical and effective how-to guide to parenting your teen through tough times from an expert psychiatrist and comedian for fans of Maggie Dent, Celia Lashlie and Nigel Latta by Dr Jo Prendergast
$37.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
A first-aid manual to supporting your teen's mental health, by psychiatrist and comedian Dr Jo Prendergast When Life Sucks is an essential guide to supporting your teen's mental health. As a parent and psychiatrist, Dr Jo knows how hard it can be - especially if a teen communicates only in eye rolls and ...Show more
Baby Love: An Affectionate Miscellany by Rachael Hale
$49.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
Combined with stunning images, 'Baby Love' offers an affectionate miscellany of fascinating facts about babies from around the world. From best-loved nursery rhymes and fairy tales to most popular baby names, facts about multiples and world records, this book is the ultimate gift for new parents, grandp ...Show more
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids by Dr Alok Kanojia
$39.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
Is your child spending too much time playing video games? Or are your children are begging you for screen time and you don't know how to help them establish healthy tech habits? Are games causing conflict and arguments? Whatever brings you here, I can help. How much should I let them play? How do I get ...Show more
He'll Be OK by Celia Lashlie
$36.99 NZD
Category: Parenting | Reading Level: very good
Adolescent boys - they seem to disappear into another world where they barely communicate, and where fast cars, alcohol and drugs are constant temptations. Will they survive to become good men? How can parents and schools understand them and help them through this difficult and dangerous time? Celia Las ...Show more
Stand by Me: Helping Your Teen Through Tough Times by John Kirwan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine
'I'm a dad and I'm scared.' Charting John Kirwan's experiences as a father, and incorporating voices of young people today, Stand By Me examines issues around teenage mental health, with a focus on depression and anxiety. It is intended as a useful guide for parents, caregivers and teachers - anyone con ...Show more
How the World is Making Our Children Mad and What to Do About It by Louis Weinstock
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parenting
I know of no one better qualified to understand what young people are facing today - Philippa PerryThere are epidemic rates of ADHD, depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide in young people. The conventional medical model wants to put a plaster on the problems with medication and CBT, but we, as paren ...Show more
I Spy a Great Reader: Unlock the Literary Secret and Get Your Child Hooked on Books by Jackie French
$24.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
Australian Children's Laureate, book lover and dyslexia sufferer Jackie French gives a wonderful insight into how you can help your child discover a world of books. Does your child love books, but can't stay still long enough to focus on reading one? Would you like to improve your child's reading abilit ...Show more
Sleeping Better in Pregnancy by Clare Ladyman
$24.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
Increasingly we are understanding how vital sleep is to our general health and feeling of wellbeing. Many of us struggle to get a good night's sleep, but the challenge is especially hard for pregnant women. The changes in women's bodies during this time have a huge impact on sleep, and sleep disruption ...Show more
The Kids Will Be All Right: A guide to raising teens in a complex world by Molly Fausett, Robyn Fausett
$39.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
An essential guide to parenting today's teenagers. In this fast-changing world how do we, as parents and caregivers, keep on the same page as our teens? The challenges and experiences they face can seem a million miles away from our own adolescence. It can feel overwhelming and hard to keep the communi ...Show more
Why First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It: Revised and updated by Michael Grose
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parenting
There are many factors affecting a child's personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order. Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different perso ...Show more
How to Talk so Teens will Listen and Listen so Teens will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
$39.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
How do you respond to the grumpy teenager slamming doors? To the rebellious teen who keeps breaking curfew? To the angry adolescent who keeps raising their voice?Well, parenting experts Joanna Faber and Julie King have the answers, and are here to help. Part of the internationally bestselling How to Tal ...Show more
Calming Your Child: Deescalating Tantrums, Anxiety and Other Challenging Behavior by Michael Hempseed, Dame Sue Bagshaw
$44.99 NZD
Category: Parenting
It's time for school, and your child refuses to put on her clothes. You can sense her anxiety and the impending tantrum. This familiar scene can make parents feel powerless, unable to calm their child's fears or the resultant negative behavior. Dame Sue Bagshaw, MD, and psychologist Michael Hempseed are ...Show more