Item category 1: Family & Parenting

This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an education from preschool through high school -- one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious about learning. Home educators Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise outline the class...

COPING WITH DISABILITY. AUSTRALIAN. Christine Baxter is a teacher of children with a disability and fights for their inclusion in the community and in the education system from which they have been barred. A personal memoir over several decades which ends in 2012 with hope through the NDIS. It is...

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know...

A diagnosis - or a suspected diagnosis - of autism in a child can be overwhelming for a parent, especially if you know nothing, or very little, about either of them. Dr Luke Beardon is a well-known expert in the field, and this book is an accessible, easy-to-read introduction for those encounteri...

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...

Children add joy, purpose, and meaning to our lives. They provide optimism, hope, and love. They bring smiles, laughter, and energy into our homes. They also add clutter. As parents, balancing life and managing clutter may appear impossible-or at the very least, never-ending. But what if there wa...

Beatrice Beebe's groundbreaking research on mother-infant communication has influenced practitioners for decades. Here she presents frame-by-frame analysis of illustrations of mother-infant interaction, identifying patterns of attachment exhibited in the micro-moments of real time.

Hilarious best friends Cat and Nat created a massive online community of moms by sharing their ultra-real and just a bit R-rated dispatches from the mom trenches. From what not to eat a few days after giving birth (chicken wings) to the most effective ways to dodge post-partum sex, Cat & Nat’s Mo...

Covering everything from burping and naptime to filing for paternity leave and setting up a safe play area, this is the complete survival manual for first-time dads. Discover more than 100 things dads can do to help their baby -- and their partner -- thrive in the first year.

Welcome to The Father Hood. Where we celebrate the growing tribe of hands-on dads who are discovering that becoming a father is the greatest opportunity a man can have to be better than he's ever been before; stronger, wiser and more compassionate. But there is no instruction manual or benchmark ...

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? Can parents do anything to prevent it? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers Raphael Bernier, Ger...

When Anna Bianchi's grandchild asked, "Nanny, you do know I'm a girl, don't you?", Anna recognised this as a pivotal, and daunting, moment in their relationship. She knew that to answer her grandchild, who had been assigned male at birth, her own attitudes, assumptions and beliefs about gender wo...

In response to calls from parents around the world Steve Biddulph has updated and revised his seminal work "Raising boys" to include all the latest international information and advice for parents on all the key issues of today such as: Gender Brain & hormonal development including latest finding...

CHILD CARE & UPBRINGING. AUSTRALIAN. Few books have stayed in the news as much as Steve Biddulph's million-copy seller RAISING BOYS. It has changed how we parent sons. Steve has updated RAISING BOYS dramatically throughout its life, and this new edition is no exception.

Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today, things have changed. It's girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and universal de...

TEACHING OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES / NEEDS. Providing everything you need to know about Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), this book is packed full of advice and practical strategies to help support and motivate children who learn differently. The first part of the book...

"This is the one Baby Book new dads will actually want to read because: It only has 498 words. It mentions sore nipples, but doesn't dwell on them. It shows you what to do if your tiddler throws a hairdryer into the bath. It knows that you really love your kid, even though you NEED to stop talkin...

A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations. Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child. These injuries typically produce long-term and harmful generational consequences ...

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...

With her career down the toilet, a husband who was never home, a baby screaming non-stop and her cries for help falling on deaf ears, Megan Blandford spent years saying, "I'm fine". Spoiler alert (not really): she wasn't fine. Megan sank into postnatal depression and anxiety, with a highly negati...

'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.

Discovering you're going to be a dad is a strange time - a combination of excitement, uncertainty and a whole lot of questions... What do I need to buy? When's the first scan? Where will the baby sleep? A Dad's Guide to Having a Baby answers all these questions and more. Dominic Bliss offers reas...

Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what ...

If our toddlers had been outside playing in the ‘fresh air’, speaking words precociously or giggling with delight at something ‘real’, we would have happily celebrated this behaviour. But we weren’t about to admit that our children were excited about television. Being happy about our children wat...

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...

In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies" and living a virtual life online that we're forgetting how to care for the people right in front of us IRL (that's "in real life"). The resulting Selfie Syndrome is...

Told by Annabel Bower after her fourth child Miles was stillborn, Miles Apart offers heartfelt advice on navigating grief and heartache after the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy or infancy. By sharing the honest accounts of women who've experienced infertility and loss, alongside her own...

A quirky child experiences difficulty fitting in and connecting with others usually due to an interpersonal style or behavior that stands out from the other kids. Maybe they are obsessed with a topic of interest or spend excessive hours a day reading, playing video games, or playing with just one...

Kids love to play, but they don't always love to learn. With 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids, turn playtime into an opportunity for your children to learn skills that will prepare them for school. In the activities, children learn fundamental skills in areas like reading, writing, math, sc...

"Where is the fun in your family’s life? Have you sunk so deep in the day-to-day crunch of life, you’ve forgotten how to make things fun? What The Fun?! answers every parent’s question, What can I do to make my family happy? Creating more fun in your days will make you a joy to be around and you...