Item category 1: Family & Parenting

How to Be a Calm Parent is part self-help book, part parenting book and aimed at parents who know that they need to be calmer to raise well adjusted, happy children, but who struggle with their own emotions and stress levels. How to Be a Calm Parent includes twelve chapters, each with important t...

If you are watching your partner, daughter, sister or friend struggle through postnatal depression (PND) it can leave you feeling powerless and unsure how best to help. This book shows you how to best support your loved one in this overwhelming and frightening time. Specialist maternal mental hea...

Three veteran home educators lead you through the process of creating a custom educational plan that works for your family's unique situation and your children's needs. You'll identify your own educational priorities and learn how to translate them into a strong academic program. You'll also lear...

How do you respond to the toddler who won't brush his teeth? The five-year old who pinches the baby? The child who throws everything she can reach? Well, parenting experts Joanna Faber and Julie King have the answers, and are here to help. This user-friendly guide gives insights and tried-and-tes...

They want independence but need to know you're there. They need guidance, but they don't want advice. They'll chat with their friends, but not with you. Breaking the wall of silence with your teen can sometimes be difficult, but it's possible to find connection and have really good talks when you...

Too often, the toys, games, and other materials meant to educate young children end up being a detriment instead. If you're overwhelmed and your kids are overstimulated, it's time to reset your space by applying the principles of the Montessori method at home so you can be a calmer, more attentiv...

Motherhood brings a dramatic shift that affects all areas of our lives, from our bodies to our relationships and careers. And yet even though we expect life to be upended by the arrival of a new baby, many mothers struggle to reconcile their new identity with how they were before. Enriched with d...

Australia's aged-care system is complex and confusing. Multiple assessments, fragmented service provision, conflicting advice, and delayed access to assistance exhaust people who just want to support older loved ones at home. Coral Wilkinson is an aged-care navigator, a human compass for Australi...

"The months of gestating a child are a golden opportunity to discover more of who you are and how to care for yourself in a profoundly nurturing way. From the collective that brought you The First Forty Days, Nine Golden Months invites mothers-to-be to sink into a deeper experience of pregnancy w...

What makes a good parent? Can sibling relationships survive to adulthood? Should love within a family really be unconditional? Wherever, whenever and however you learnt about family, it's likely that you have unshakeable answers to these questions. In this revelatory new book, family researcher L...

The average American spends ninety percent of their time indoors, and children are no exception. Not only does this phenomenon have consequences for our kids' physical and mental health, it jeopardizes their ability to understand and engage with anything beyond the built environment. Thankfully, ...

As an experienced pediatrician, Rebekah Diamond is deeply grounded in a fact-based understanding of child healthcare. As a mother, she also understands that the accepted rules aren't always the solution to the challenges of nurturing a healthy new baby. But neither is the overload of relatable bu...

Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible! This essential guide will help you reshape your approaches to parenting. Packed with lived-experience insight and easy-to-follow advice this transformative guide will change how you view...

Autism diagnosis can be an overwhelming time for many families. This is an accessible, easy to navigate guide for parents, answering the questions they may have before, during and after diagnosis. Written by a highly experienced author team, this book will support parents from the moment somebody...

The loss of a loved one is a complex, confusing experience for a child to understand. Children may struggle to express, process, and manage their complicated and conflicting feelings, whether the loss is a parent, grandparent, sibling, or even a pet. So, what should you do to help your child proc...

When it comes to parenting a child with a hidden disability, everyone seems to have an opinion. Here, Naomi Simmons writes from experience, offering new solutions for when conventional parenting strategies just don't work. Naomi Simmons is the parent of children with a range of hidden disabilitie...

Whether your children are struggling with unhealthy competition, or with jealousy and resentment, or you are unsure of how to help as a parent, this accessible book is filled with top tips, relatable stories and forward-thinking techniques designed to transform how your children interact with one...

Parenting a daughter with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is no easy path -- especially because of the myth that the disorder is rare to nonexistent in girls. Pioneering researcher Stephen P. Hinshaw provides parents of preschool through high school age girls with vital informatio...

We think we have to push our kids to do more, achieve more, be more. But we're modeling the wrong traits -- like rule-following and caution -- and research shows it's not working. This kind of "Striver" mindset isn't just making kids unhappier, says Dr. Michele Borba, it's actually the opposite o...

A different kind of parenting book that helps parents improve themselves first, so they can then be better parents to their kids.

Imagine a world where your autistic child is included, engaged and cherished for how they are; a world which changes for autistic children, rather than changing the child. What Works for Autistic Children brings the conversation about inclusivity into the forefront and turns it on its head. Inste...

As parents, we dream of creating a magical childhood for our kids, yet it can be so easy to slip into autopilot. Ainsley Arment -- a mother of five, and founder of the thriving community Wild + Free -- is no stranger to the barrage of decisions, opportunities, and daily tasks that each day brings...

When Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, the best-selling children's author assumed it would sort itself out over time. She couldn't have been more wrong. Her son's dyslexia and ADHD went unsupported for years, leaving him further and further behind his peers, and labelled a...

The ultimate handbook for raising wilder, happier, muddier, more resilient kids, whatever the weather and wherever you live. In the last few years parents everywhere have realised how crucial the freedom of the outside world is, not only for their kids' wellbeing, but the whole family's. They've ...

Twelve practical strategies to experience more joy and feel less guilt as a working parent, drawn from ACT, the groundbreaking therapy technique that has helped countless people. Dr. Yael Schonbrun calls out the myth of the work-life balance and offers practical strategies that can help us refram...

Yoga for Motherhood offers a gentle guide to recovery and relaxation following pregnancy. Features include: approximately 60 restorative poses (including modifications for new mothers whose joints are less stable); information about beginning your yoga journey; clear and easy to follow sequences ...

"Your Child Is Not Broken" is THE book for parents who need permission to do things differently. Heidi Mavir almost died working out why that was necessary. Part autobiography, part parenting manual, "Your Child Is Not Broken" is a no-holds-barred account of Heidi Mavir's discovery of her child's...

From his decades of research and work with thousands of families, leading authority Russell A. Barkley knows how overwhelming the everyday challenges of ADHD can be. This unique book guides parents to help their child or teen thrive and keep their loving connection strong, even in hot-button situ...

This book for all new parents will guide you through your baby's first years with Annabel's proven expertise and imaginative recipes. It's everything you need to raise a happy, healthy baby! Children's cookery author and weaning expert Annabel Karmel updates her most trusted cookbook with this sp...

From nap-time to snack time, teaching first words to toilet training, how we parent reveals what we value, where we come from, and where we dream of going. But there's no one way to get the job done. Japanese kindergarteners who ride the subway solo might be surprised to learn what a helicopter p...