Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues Books
Catapult Pieces Youll Never Get Back
Book SynopsisA life-altering neurological disorder. A traumatic birth. An unlikely survival. Pieces You'll Never Get Back is a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purposeAt 29, as a young writer working on her first novel, Samina Ali nearly died giving birth to her son. Miraculously, she survived the unchecked eclampsia that had endangered her pregnancy, instead sustaining major brain injury and falling into a coma as she gave birth. When she woke up, only her deepest memories were intact. Her husband was a stranger to her, she didn’t remember having a baby, and any language other than her native Urdu was foreign. Medical consensus was she would never recover—much less write—again. Advised to think of her brain as a shattered puzzle, Ali began the long and difficult journey of piecing herself back together: learning to walk, speak, and accomplish basic human tasks alongside her newborn. She attempted to reckon with her past identity as a writer and a wife, and her new identity as a mother. Despite her miraculous survival, the disconnect between the old and the new self was devastating. It would be three years before she felt remotely normal, and seven before she was mended and could fully connect with her son. Ali pairs the story of her “death” and recovery with the parallel narrative of her relationship to her Islamic upbringing and her fluctuating connection to her faith, incorporating meditations on religious narratives of death, the afterlife, resurrection, and reincarnation. Both deeply personal and steeped in religious thought, Pieces You'll Never Get Back is a uniquely propulsive, searching, and ultimately, inspiring work of memoir.
£21.60
Utah State University Press Childfree and Happy: Transforming the Rhetoric of
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£999.99
Rockridge Press The Working Mom's Handbook: A Survival Guide for
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£14.24
Rockridge Press The First-Time Grandmother's Journal: Inspiring
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£14.24
Rockridge Press The First-Time Mom's Breastfeeding Handbook: A
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£14.24
Microcosm Publishing Sad House: Parenting, Grief, and Creativity in
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£9.31
Rockridge Press The First-Time Parent's Childbirth Handbook: A
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£14.24
Rockridge Press Positive Behavior Activities for Kids
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£14.24
Rockridge Press Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and
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£12.34
Rockridge Press The First-Time Mom's Guide to Managing Triggers:
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£14.24
Rockridge Press Baby's First Year for New Parents: A Practical
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£13.29
Rockridge Press We're Potty Training!: The First-Time Dad's
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£12.34
Rockridge Press Parenting Your LGBTQ+ Teen: A Guide to
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£15.19
Rockridge Press The First-Time Mom's Toddler Discipline Handbook:
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£9.99
Rockridge Press Baby Food Cookbook for First-Time Parents:
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£14.24
Rockridge Press Self-Love Workbook for First-Time Moms: A Road
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£15.19
WestBow Press Maximum Impact: God's Way: Impacting the
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£11.97
BookBaby Grace and Mercy
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£13.59
Sophia Institute Press Raising Upright Kids: In an Upside-Down World
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£14.20
Difference Press While You're Waiting
Book SynopsisHave you begun wondering if you can survive the adoption waiting game? Are you no longer enjoying the little things in life due to ruminating about the adoption? The agony of waiting, lost matches, reevaluations, or false starts can begin to dampen the perspective adoptive parent’s outlook. Well trained adoption professionals advise “don’t keep your life on hold,” yet you sit on pins and needles. An emotional vortex looms around the corner of uncertainty. While You’re Waiting highlights the opportunity available to you during this time that is bookended by adoption decision and gotcha day. Ambiguous waiting yields a harvest of chances to get your (inner) act together for your future child and for yourself. The author compassionately challenges you to replace the "no end in sight" feeling with: Meeting the unspoken fears you have about adoption; enjoying the present moment in place of being stuck in a moment; putting an end to “real mom” or “real dad,” and “baby of my own” talk; loosening the grip of perfection and having all the answers; traversing the gateway to parental attunement; waiting well and getting well to parent well.
£12.30
Sounds True Inc How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of
Book SynopsisDiscover the proven ways parents can help their children learn, overcome adversity, get along with others, and become independent—while you relax and enjoy being a parent How do children thrive? As a parent, you probably think about this all the time. You want your children to have happy, healthy, and meaningful lives—but what’s the best way to support them? In How Children Thrive, developmental pediatrician and parent Dr. Mark Bertin provides a positive, simple, and empowering approach for raising children of all ages. Bringing together mindfulness, new science on brain development, and the messy reality of being a parent, Dr. Bertin has a created a breakthrough guide that will help children—and their parents—flourish. Research has shown that the key to raising resilient, kind, and independent children lies in executive function, our mental capacity to manage just about everything in life. "Despite its wonky, overly scientific name, there is nothing complicated about building executive function," Dr. Bertin writes. "It’s actually a lot more straightforward and less anxiety-provoking than most of the parenting advice out there." Through concise, easily applied chapters, Dr. Bertin provides simple strategies for helping your children develop healthy EF while taking care of yourself and enjoying your family. Highlights include: Mindfulness—how it directly builds EF and how to incorporate mindful practices for the whole family • The importance of free play, the science behind it, and how to encourage more of it • Technology—how much is too much? At what age is screen time OK? Help your kids have a healthy relationship with media. • Create simple routines that support independence around homework, nutrition, sleep, friendships, and more • Age-appropriate advice for toddlers, teens, and even your twenty-somethings • Limits and discipline: How to determine—and stick with—consequences for unwanted behavior • Understand markers for whether your child is developmentally on track or if extra support might be needed • Find the advice you need when you need it with short, independent chapters full of concrete practices • Bring more calm, ease, and joy to your parenting while taking care of yourself—even when family life gets chaotic • Give yourself permission to make mistakes and adapt along the way "The pressure to be the perfect parent is overwhelming," writes Dr. Bertin, "but the truth is the job is too challenging and varied to ever be done to perfection." With compassion and reassurance, Dr. Bertin presents a relaxed, instinctual, and evidence-based approach to raising children who thrive.
£13.29
Sounds True Inc The Healthy Motherhood Journal: Practices,
Book SynopsisBringing a new life into the world cracks your heart wide open. The feelings of bliss and unconditional love are real. And so are the feelings of fear, exhaustion, and overwhelm. Through journaling and reflection, The Healthy Motherhood Journal empowers mums to find their voices so they can truly thrive during their first year with a new baby. Written by the mother and daughters of the renowned Sears family, known for their work with attachment parenting, this journal focuses on the mother’s needs for healthy connection, with herself as well as her child. And, with new moms already being over-stretched, it’s structured in a way that is sensitive to their limited hands-free time. Each month focuses on a different theme - including your birth story, embracing your new identity across all the roles you hold, “the guilt and the glory,” and more - while a wide range of prompts helps moms document their insights, reflections, and wisdom. Throughout the journal, the Searses have included tried-and true tips for parenting and self-care, designed to support mums through every phase of their baby’s first year. When even the simple act of taking a shower feels like momentous freedom, this journal provides a safe place for mothers to explore, process, and document the challenges and joys of this unique time of life while creating long-term visions for the possibilities ahead.
£13.29
Quirk Books Stuff Every Mom Should Know
Book SynopsisStuff Every Woman Should Know covered all the basics. Now Quirk is proud to present Stuff Every Mom Should Know, full of the priceless, practical knowledge that moms of all ages need in order to survive and thrive from babyhood through grade school to the teen years and beyond! It s a wide-ranging arsenal of such mommy wit and wisdom as How to Swaddle a Baby Potty Training 101 Responding to Unsolicited Parenting Advice How to Host a Slumber Party Parent-Teacher Conference Survival Tips Recovering from a Shouting Match And many more! This stylish pocket-sized hardcover is the perfect gift for any mom or mom-to-be for a baby shower, Mother s Day, or any time of the year!Trade Review“Quick and useful tips all in one compact book to make you laugh and prepared for motherhood! From how to sing a lullaby to building a kick-ass fort, this book is charming and a must-have for mommies!”—The Go To Mom
£8.54
PESI Publishing, Inc. Some Days I Make Mistakes: How to Stay Calm and
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£19.54
Rockridge Press The Big One Line a Day Journal for Moms: 5 Years
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£12.99
Rockridge Press The Big One Line a Day Journal for Moms: 5 Years
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£23.74
Sourcebooks How the World Is Making Our Children Mad and What
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£18.99
Authorhouse Play-Bath-Bed: A Perfect Day for Baby
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£18.99
Allen & Unwin Happy Healthy Kids: From conception to age seven with Australian Bush Flower Essences
Book SynopsisAccessible, innovative and full of practical advice, Happy Healthy Kids traces a child's physical and emotional development from preconception, through pregnancy and birth, to age seven. It is the culmination of over twenty years' work with Australian Bush Flower Essences.At each stage of growth key issues a child may face may face is covered alongside easy-to-implement solutions. A wide range of everyday ailments are covered from colds, allergies and bruises, to burns, bed-wetting and car sickness. Happy Healthy Kids also details how to handle a whole range of emotional challenges from shyness and lack of self-confidence, to aggression.Australian Bush Flower Essences are now in forty countries around the world.Ian White, the founder of the Australian Bush Flower Essences, comes from five generations of herbalists. He is much sought after on the local and international speaking circuit.
£20.79
Pan Macmillan Australia Girlhood: Raising our little girls to be healthy,
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£26.09
NewSouth Publishing How to be a fantastic sensational good enough kid
£24.39
Mosaic Press Love & Let Go: Reflections, Confessions,
Book SynopsisWhat are the right words to use when someone we love leaves home for school, a new job, or for extended travel? How to compress so many memories, feelings, and emotions? When do words of advice, counsel, or wisdom work best? Love & Let Go sets out to achieve this impossible task—and succeeds! The author’s daughter is about to leave home to continue her education. In thirty-five brief chapters, he offers reflections, encouragements, words of love and support, and more. This book is a totally honest, intimate, and wonderfully literary reflection of the author’s own experiences and responses. It can be read privately, read aloud between parent and child, or shared with friends...or just to appreciate lifelong familial bonds.
£16.16
Demeter Press Feminist Parenting
Book SynopsisFeminist Parenting is a collection of writings from women around the globe who offer unique standpoints on feminist theory, intersectional feminist parenting, and empowerment, through poetry, research, and prose. Global perspectives include Anwar Shaheen's research on parenting inequality in Pakistan, Marlene Pomrenke's examination of Aboriginal single mothers attending University, and Iza Desperak's insights on single motherhood in Poland. The collection offers Johanna Wagner's witty, self-reflective essay on her ambivalence toward her new role as a lesbian parent, and Sarah Keeth's abortion fantasy sonnet 'Tomatoes' in which she describes a pregnant woman who desires, yet struggles with her pregnancy. Feminist Parenting brings together unique voices and provides riveting perspectives on an institution in flux. The anthology pulls back the veil on power dynamics in relationships and exposes some of the challenges of feminist parenting in society. Authors shed critical light on long-held parenting conventions such as unpaid carework labor, gender roles, and family power dynamics, and expose how particular conventions reproduce gendered inequality. Feminist resistance strategies are offered by authors for 'doing parenting,' to increase 'mother-power' in the family. This collection raises important questions about contemporary women's roles and adds to the current literature on feminism, parenting, gender, and family diversity.
£19.95
Demeter Press What's in a Name?: Perspectives from
Book SynopsisQueer parenthood: It's multifaceted. It's complex. And it is constantly changing, as laws and culture shift around us. What's in a Name? reflects on this complexity through the voices of nonbiological/non-gestational queer mothers/parents who explore our experiences parenting across our different social and familial locations. The authors have all taken different routes to parenting, live in different countries, and understand our relationships to parenting through our own personal experiences. What we share is a commitment to parenting beyond the limits of biology, and of building families that are drawn together and maintained by the love and labour of parenting.The fifteen essays in this book address three key moments in our parenting journeys. First, we examine the routes we took to parenting, with many of us specifically focusing on the experience of being the "other" mother while our partners were pregnant, and the particular fears, anxieties, and triumphs that come with it. Second, we locate ourselves "in the thick of it" as parents, where the experiences shared among parents are colored by our particular experiences as nonbiological/non-gestational mothers/parents. Finally, we reflect on our identities, including the identity of "mother," and how those grow, shift, and develop throughout our parenting journeys.
£27.50
Verso Books Tackling Rugby: What Every Parent Should Know
Book SynopsisEvery week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet this data is never collected, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using meticulous, peer-reviewed research, the book sets out the true risks associated with the sport, raising uncomfortable questions for politicians and the educational authorities. Would parents be so willing to let their children play rugby if they knew that the average risk of serious injury over the course of a season could be at least 17 percent, or nearly one in six?Trade ReviewHorrifying and empowering, this is an instant classic and essential reading for every parent. Professor Pollock is utterly fearless. -- Max Pemberton, author of The Doctor Will See you NowAllyson Pollock is one of the leading public health scientists of her generation . In this carefully researched book, she confronts us with a hard choice: continue with the unfettered romance of a 'man's' game or adapt it to protect our young. -- Prof. John Ashton, President of the Faculty of Public Health
£14.36
Columba Books Once Upon a Reader: Raising Your Children With a
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£17.09
Ebury Publishing We Need to Talk: A Straight-Talking Guide to
Book Synopsis'WHAT EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW ... If anyone is qualified to give advice on how to manage this tricky time for parents, it's Ian' - The Times‘Ian Williamson is a genius … I couldn’t recommend [this]more highly’ HELEN FIELDINGHow do you talk to your teen when their only focusis the screen in front of them?How do you help them to build a core of self-esteem ina world obsessed with appearances?In this empathetic, down to earth and eminently practical guide from oneof the UK’s leading adolescent psychoanalysts, Ian Williamsonwill help you through every possible hurdle in the teenage years.- Covering topics from behaviour and relationshipsto crime and gaming- Featuring top tips and takeaway advice- With realistic solutions that you can put into practice right awayWe Need to Talk is your new go-to-guide to navigating the often trickyadolescent years, with the endgame being what every parent wants: a healthy, happy and resilient child.
£17.83
Chronicle Books Sigh, See, Start: How to Be the Parent Your Child
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£23.76
Bonnier Books Ltd What I Love about You: Mom: The Perfect Gift for
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£13.77
Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to Help
Book SynopsisPart of the How to Help series of books exploring issues commonly faced by children and young people at home and in school, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) offers a complete introduction to this complex and often confusing topic. A lack of clarity can arise for many reasons, including the broad spectrum of characteristics and symptoms that can be represented within an ASD diagnosis (ranging from the very severe, requiring 24-hour monitoring, to the mild but no less important, where the individual can be successfully included in education and society), and the many competing interventions and treatments all purporting to be successful. Arguing that every child and young person with autism can and should lead an inclusive and fulfilling life, Jo-Ann Page and Gavin Reid show that it is up to us as adults to ensure that this is possible - and show how parents, carers, teachers and schools can help.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Series Preface; About the Authors; Authors' Preface; How to Use This Book Part 1: Introduction 1. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?; 2. A brief history of autism; 3. Causes and consequences; 4. The challenges of autism - Individual, educational and society; 5. The challenges of autism - Parents and caregivers; Ten key things to know about autism Part 2: Identifying autism 6. Screening and observation; 7. Tests and strategies; 8. Issues around autism; 9. Overlap and comorbidity Part 3: Living and learning with autism 10. Autism at home; 11. Autism at school; 12. Provision for children with ASD; 13. Curriculum issues; 14. The autistic child as a learner Part 4: Dealing with autism 15. Behavioural approaches; 16. Behaviour management; 17. Socialisation; 18. Neuro and physiological approaches - Applied Behaviour Analysis; 19. Other interventions Part 5: Beyond school 20. Autism as a label - is it useful? 21. Autism as a gift and high-achieving children; 22. Autism at college and university; 21. Autism in the workplace Part 6: Conclusion 27. Summary; 28. A last word to parents and carers; 29. A last word to teachers and schools
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd World-proof Your Kids: Raising Children Unstained
Book SynopsisMany Christian parents are at their wits end about raising their children in a healthy and spiritual way. Increasingly the influence of the world, with it's 'me first' obsession, is causing problems within the Christian home.This influence causes Christian families to fall into the four categories: The disillusioned family The distracted family The disciplinarian family The dedicated family All end up being influenced by the culture rather than by their faith. Is your family influenced by the culture rather than your faith. Is your family falling into an unhealthy pattern of behaviour? It's time to find out and put things right. If you want to help your family then the Sisemore's are here to help break the cycle.Trade Review"Explaining why many parents and churches are losing the battle, he offers biblical insight for guiding children, not only away from bad behavior, but toward lives that display the beauty of God's spirit in his book World- proof Your Kids: Raising Children Unstained by the World." -- review on www.chattanoogan.com"Dr Sisemore's clear, biblical theology is the anvil that has shaped and informed his own professional practice in child psychology. Avoiding the sentimentality of so much contemporary thinking, he is utterly realistic about the falleness of human nature, yet equally sure of the richness of book personally, and as a pastor I reccomend it warmly to all who want to nurture children in the true gospel faith. Digested and applied, it will help us to bring our children for Christ in a hostile world as he wants us to - in faith not fear." -- Dr. William Philip, Minister, St Georges Tron Church, Glasgow, Scotland (Minister, The Tron Church, Glasgow)"I found this book not only challenging, but deeply encouraging as it shows how the truth and power of the Word of God can be effective in everyday situations...I have found it helpful to use the different chapters as a basis for my own daily prayers for our family. I would strongly recommend it to other parents." -- News & Views, FIEC"Excellent stuff for any thinking Christian parent or any thinking Christian parent or youth worker." -- Ann Benton, Evangelicals Now (Author and family conference speaker, Guildford, England)
£999.99
Christian Focus Publications Ltd Our Baby Book
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£11.17
Messianic Jewish Publishers Train Up a Child: Successful Parenting for the
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£12.34
Parenting Press Incorporated Taking Care of Me: So I Can Take Care of My
Book SynopsisExplains that parenting style and skill are influenced by one's temperament, childhood experiences, basic needs, knowledge, and family goals. Suggests the many ways parents can make and sustain positive changes in caring for themselves so they can better care for their children. Oriented to young and first-time parents. Generously illustrated. Easy-to-read.
£11.66
Parenting Press Incorporated Help! The Kids Are at It Again: Using Kids'
Book SynopsisChildren need to learn how to get attention without hitting or whining, deal with feelings without blowing up or giving up, establish and respect boundaries, and solve problems. Using the STAR Parenting process, this book gives parents tools to teach and reinforce these social skills. It offers tools to reduce a parent's role as referee, gives immediate help with a process to handle any sibling conflict, offers easy to understand examples of real-life situations, and gives parents insight into ways they may be encouraging the quarrelling they hate.
£12.30
Parenting Press Incorporated What Am I Feeling?
Book SynopsisAdapted from Dr. John Gottman’s Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, this book helps adults identify their parenting and care giving style. It explains the five important steps in “emotion coaching” children to ensure that children are guided to healthy emotional growth. Gottman argues that kids who can accept and share their emotions form stronger friendships, achieve more in school, recover from emotional crises more quickly, and are physically healthier. Beautiful illustrations of parents and children help convey the vital message of this guide.
£16.16
Parenting Press Incorporated Is This a Phase?: Child Development and Parent
Book SynopsisLibrary Journal recommended "Is This a Phase?" for all public libraries. Offers concise descriptions and dozens of charts and graphs that make it quick and easy to use for both fathers and mothers to understand what to expect at every developmental stage between birth and age 6. It walks parents and caregivers through three dozen topics common in the first six years of life: everything from attention span and impulse control to death, divorce, and the red flags that signal reading readiness issues.
£18.86
Parenting Press Incorporated Why Don't You Understand?: Using the 4 Thinking
Book SynopsisWonder why you’re in sync with some people and at odds with others? Frustrated by differences and conflicts that keep getting worse instead of better? Many squabbles at home and at work are due to variations in how our brains are naturally wired. Although there is new research about brain development, few people are applying it to their relationships. In Why Don’t You Understand? Improve Family Relationships with the 4 Thinking Styles you’ll discover how to get along better with your partner, children, extended family and colleagues. This 144-page book is packed with real-life scenarios, charts with easy applications and specific do’s and don’ts to strengthen all of your relationships.
£12.30
