Item category 1: Family & Parenting

CHILD & DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. If there was a new wonder drug on the market that got kids to behave better, improve their grades, feel happier, and avoid risky behaviors, many parents around the world would be willing to empty their bank accounts to acquire it. Amazingly, such a product actual...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. A fun and practical guide to keeping kids engaged and off your phone. While most parenting books introduce ideas to help moms and dads spend more time with their kids, this book provides ideas for activities that kids can do on their own. Mom or Dad can participate or just se...

Popular parenting expert Dr Laura Markham has garnered a large and loyal readership around the world, thanks to her simple, insightful approach that values the emotional bond between parent and child. However, as any parent of more than one child knows, it's challenging for even the most engaged ...

Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictable. We used to think that erratic teenage behavi...

Includes key milestones for each age group; a complete ABC of toddler behaviour and responses; a guide to day-to-day toddler care; explanations about toddler health, medical conditions and illnesses; and Barker's down-to-earth advice on how to keep your life on track!

In this digital age, children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen rather than a parent. Technology has the potential to add value to our families, but it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a child's emotional growth. In Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Ki...

This practical and wise book will help you to understand your children and teens more fully and learn what you can do to convey feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in their souls for a lifetime. In The 5 Love Languages of Children, Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campb...

The birth of a baby is an intimate, transformative event in the life of any couple. In this extraordinary book, Mark Harris, one of only 90 practising male midwives in the UK, offers dads and birth partners the keys to understanding what happens in pregnancy, in the delivery room, and beyond. Thr...

Green's fascinating, accessible, and teacher positive narrative dispels the common myth of the "natural-born teacher" and introduces maverick educators exploring the science behind their art. Her dramatic account reveals that great teaching is not magic, but a skill--a skill that can be taught.

ADVICE ON PARENTING. Science tells us that breastfeeding and breastmilk provide all the nutrients and antibodies to give babies the very best start, with health benefits for babies and mothers. As the backbone of early nutrition, breastfeeding is a key influence on adult health, intellect and lon...

Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed"--and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated. Whether it's completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed a...

CHILD CARE & UPBRINGING. "Please Don't Bite the Baby (and Please Don't Chase the Dogs)," chronicles certified professional dog trainer Lisa Edwards endearing and entertaining journey to ensure that her household survives and thrives when she introduces her son to her motley pack of animals. As Li...

Everything is easy when you know how to do it. Breastfeeding Made Easy makes breastfeeding as easy and simple as it is naturally meant to be regardless of whether you are a perky A cup or luscious L cup! Packed with step-by-step colour illustrations and troubleshooting sections for every conceiva...

CHILD CARE & UPBRINGING. What is your child learning each day in school? How can you tell if they are doing well or badly? And what can you do to help? As parents we do the very best for our children in choosing the right school and preparing them for their very first day. But for the next seven ...

Child development expert Dr Rebecca Chicot shares with you the secrets to calm and stress-free toddler parenting. Based on her unique parent-toddler approach, she reveals that by understanding how your toddler thinks and what changes he is going through, you can respond with confidence and stop s...

Wouldn't it be fantastic if you could simply wave a magic wand at kids to get them to do as you'd asked, first time around?

One moment your daughter is fun-loving and energetic--a pleasure to be around. The next she's sulking in silence, or worse, screaming and slamming the door. Congratulations, you're the mother of a teenage girl. Your daughter is on an emotional roller coaster. Responding in kind just adds fuel to ...

'No matter how science has progressed, childbirth, in essence, has remained unchanged from ancient times...[it] is the last natural process left to us,' writes internationally lauded obstetrician Dr. Tadashi Yoshimura, 'The fact that it has remained unchanged means that there is truth in it.' The...

Out there in the so-called real world the education system is being crushed by the demands of capitalism and, in turn, is crushing those who pass through it, reducing them, diminishing them. The dream of the economic functioning unit. How do we break this? We need alternatives but not just one or...

'The No-Nonsense Guide to Green Parenting' is a fun, practical and inspirational guide to maintaining your green values while raising your children, engaging with nature, and getting outdoors - all without feeling guilty about the inevitable compromises.

Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? Some parents dismiss the needs of their children, asserting their own instead, demanding attention and reassurance from even very young children. This m...

Written in conversational style with plenty of real-life examples, child psychologist Todd Cartmell offers parents and others who care for children workable ideas for enriching everyday life and growing healthy children under the categories of talking, listening, influencing, connecting, teaching...

TEENAGERS: ADVICE FOR PARENTS. Do you find bringing up teenagers more of a pain than a pleasure? Raising teenagers can test parental love to breaking point, particularly if you have previously enjoyed a close and loving relationship. The child whose every joy and sadness you shared has suddenly b...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. Dispel the hype and myths about Asian parenting and uncover the practical with this effective parenting guide. How do Asian parents prime their children for success from a young? Why do Asian kids do so well in math and science? What is the difference between an Asian upbring...

POPULAR MEDICINE & HEALTH. The Mommy MD Guide to Getting Your Baby to Sleep will feature the best sleep advice from Mommy MD Guides doctors who are also mothers. This book will talk about every aspect of sleep, from newborns to school-agers. You'll learn how Mommy MD Guides designed the optimal b...

The greatest gift we can give our children is the ability to think for themselves. Edward de Bono, the lateral-thinking pioneer, shows in a simple and practical way how any parent can develop the thinking skills of their children. This is not about winning arguments, learning facts or articulatio...

Offers guidance to parents as they try to balance unconditional love for their children with setting high expectations for them.

"Divided into concise, clear recipe sections for different stages of your baby's growth, Natural Baby Food is the quick, reliable resource to help any parent keep their baby or toddler happy and healthy throughout their development. Natural Baby Food also includes much-needed information for firs...

PERSONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES: DISABILITY & SPECIAL NEEDS (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). The key to this book is that it outlines both the science and art of anxiety therapy. The science of overcoming anxiety is using the well researched approach called gradual exposure therapy which involves helping individ...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. Parents will do just about anything to give their kids the best shot at good lives. Marketers know this--and use it to manipulate parents into buying millions of dollars worth of unnecessary products each year. Enough is enough. In Not Buying It, Brett Graff, the "Home Econom...