Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine
This is a book about community; about fostering the potential of children to boost New Zealand's wellbeing. It's a book of parenting ideas, shared by parents keen on growing the greater good. These parents challenged the norm - to keep parenting views to ourselves - and demonstrated that everyday parent ...Show more
Category: Parenting
Imagine a world where pregnant women are always upbeat and glowing, newborns sleep on cue, toddlers love to have their teeth brushed, and teenagers gaze adoringly at their parents. Impossible, you say? Not according to advertisers who flood the web with stock photos of perfect parents and children. They ...Show more
Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine
How our babies are nourished with food, sleep and movement during this time sets them up for life; it is far easier to create good patterns at the beginning than to try and change these later on. To me, true nourishment is the interplay of these cornerstones of food, sleep and movements along with a sen ...Show more
Category: Parenting
Our children are being raised in a society that is radically different to that of just 20 years ago, as the internet has taken a central place in our lives, and with the virtually universal adoption of smart phones and computers by young people. This revolutionary and enormously disruptive technology ha ...Show more
Category: Parenting
Generation Alpha is the swiper, pincher, tapper cohort, the first to grow up with devices in their hands. They are breaking new ground as a result of technological advances, while you, their parents, are having to navigate these uncharted waters. Literacy is the single most important thing we can teach ...Show more
Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine
Babies are bursting with potential. Each new experience and sensation stimulates their brain and provides pathways for future learning. Interaction and play are the keys to maximising a baby's learning potential in the first year, and Nurturing Your Baby's Potential is the ideal resource for parents and ...Show more
Category: Parenting
‘How do I encourage my baby to sleep through the night?’ ‘How do I teach my baby to self-settle?’ ‘Everyone else seems to be coping with their baby, but my boy just cries all the time. What is wrong with him?’ If these questions sound familiar, then this is the book f ...Show more
Category: Parenting
There is an art to parenting, but nobody knows what it is. All the 'how to' books can never prepare you for the fun that lies ahead.The Art of Parenting is a must-have for soon-to-be or new parents. It is a pictorial guide to the things only parents of little ones know, and the new ones should know. The ...Show more
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Everything children really want to know about sexuality and bodies - and aren't afraid to ask. This book collects questions asked by boys and girls and answers them directly: the questions are real, the answers honest and the images funny. How much sex education do children need? As much as they ask fo ...Show more
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This positive and empowering guide, by bestselling mindset author Matthew Syed, will help boys and girls build resilience, fulfil their potential and become successful, happy, awesome adults. I'm no good at sport ... I can't do maths ... I really struggle with exams ... Sound familiar? If you believe ...Show more
Category: Parenting
The much anticipated follow on book from The Nourished Baby, this is your essential guide for navigating toddler feeding from 1 to 5 years of age. Dr Julie Bhosale, an active researcher, university lecturer and mother to two boisterous boys, unpacks the science of the major developmental changes across ...Show more
Category: Parenting
A powerful and essential guide from a world authority on names. Incorporates history, meanings and significance. With 2,500 possible choices - names from around the world and from different cultures, this beautifully designed guide is an essential companion book to the author's Celtic Names for Children ...Show more
