Child care and upbringing: advice for parents

In 1979, the classic bestseller Son Rise was made into an award-winning NBC television special, which has been viewed by 300 million people worldwide.

What do children really want their parents to know, and what do children need to grow into thriving adults?

Here is all the information parents could ever need to create a safe environment for their children.

Over 100 games and activities designed for use from birth to one year are a gift from Vicki Lansky, tried and true advice-giver and author of more than two dozen books on parenting.

Parents will learn how to set the stage, recognize readiness, choose a potty seat, dress their child for success, deal with an uncooperative child, find productscloth or disposable, handle accidents, understand the issues, use rewardsor not, cope when traveling, and deal with bed-wetting.

First created by Planned Parenthood/Mar Monte in the late 1980's, this well loved, updated guide insures that children will be given accurate, age-appropriate information about sex.

For parents who do not know how or where to begin this discussion, here are ideas to get them started.

Every parent wants the best for their child, but how do you go about giving your baby or toddler the skills they need to live a happy, fulfilled life?

Teenagers reimagines the way people think about adolescents.

Most of us expect to meander through the motions of love, marriage and (textbook) baby in the carriage, but once in a while life has something a little more special in store.

Building on the success of the 20 000 sales of the Terrific Toddlers books, this new book has updated and expanded the original books and added key sections in each chapter for parenting the school years (ages 5 to 12) and the teen years (ages 13+).

The digital world is a place where even the most informed parents and teachers can feel one pace behind children.

How can you help your children do well at school and beyond?

'Warning: so funny, even the strongest pelvic floors will be tested' - Net Mums'A very funny, honest look at the ups and downs of parenting.

A book for parents of teens or preteens, teachers and professionals.

Weaning Sense demystifies the weaning world helping you grow healthy tummies and happy babies (and mums) in no time!

Jane Teverson expertly explains how counselling theory can be used by parents throughout the child's life, from infancy to adolescence, and makes a case for compassionate parenting.

The impact of finding out your child is disabled can be wide ranging.

Creative Play the Steiner Waldorf Way is the ideal book for parents who want their children to develop their creativity and imagination through play.

Make sleeping, eating, dressing and other everyday activities easier, while strengthening your bond with your child.

Catherine Crawford, a mother of two young daughters, is tired of the indulgent brand of parenting so popular in of her trendy Brooklyn neighbourhood.

Constipation, Withholding and Your Child is a positive, accessible guide to dealing with the common problems of stool withholding, soiling and wetting in young children.

What makes children in their 'terrible twos' behave as they do?

Finding out that your child has Asperger's Syndrome or Autism can be devastating enough, but when you discover that he or she won't eat 99.

At seventeen, Jacqueline Pascarl married a royal prince and embarked on what she believed would be a fairy-tale existence.

'Perfect for new parents.

In a world fraught with diet-culture and weight stigma, many parents worry about their child's relationship with their body and food.

Sound Sleep is a widely-researched book for parents with babies, toddlers or older children.

Hank is back and busy planning a new game.

Hank is a very hungry monster, but he's not hungry for food, he's hungry for POWER!

This illustrated gift title is for expectant parents or frazzled new parents who might need a little support during their first year of parenthood.

In our contemporary world, where educational advancement grows more competitive and less merit-based, and technological distractions abound for young people, RAISING A GREAT STUDENT: From Cradle To College is brimming with love and integrity and sage insights about how to inspire your child to learn and succeed--- from the earliest pictorial workbooks all the way to college entrance.

'The authentic inside track.

Do you struggle with having honest and open conversations with your child?

This best-selling book is aneasy-to-read guide for parents, using the latest thinking from the fields ofpositive psychology, NLP and hypnotherapy to help children overcome bedwettingmore easily.

*'This is brilliant and timely' Elizabeth Day'Part memoir, part manual - this is the type of book every modern woman can take something from' GraziaLearn to navigate the harshness of life with soft power.

Drawing on extensive professional and personal experience, this book offers guidance and advice on how to better communicate with 12-18-year olds about relationships and sexuality.

Drawing on extensive professional and personal experience, this book offers guidance and advice on how to better communicate with children about relationships and sexuality using everyday situations.

When a child goes through transition, the dynamics of the family unit can start to shift.

This guide for parents is a complete introduction to autism and anxiety.

Wouldn't it be fantastic if you could simply wave a magic wand to get kids to do what you wanted?

This is a story about what can happen to a man when he does not keep himself clean.

A mother's fight for her children.

Babyopathy - Relaxed Mum, Contented Baby is first and foremost about Angela's research into the effects of stress during pregnancy and how to combat this using her sensory techniques to enjoy a positive and relaxed pregnancy and birth to have a relaxed and contented baby.

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma.

Does your child struggle to know how their body is feeling?

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior.