Advice on parenting

  • Expectant Dad’s Handbook: All You Need to Know About Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

    £12.99

    Becoming a dad can be a daunting time – especially when most pregnancy and parenting information is targeted towards women. This book, from a leading expert in working with expectant dads, doesn’t sideline or speak down to men. Instead it provides an array of targeted information to fully prepare men for their new roles – as both birth partners and fathers. ‘The Expectant Dad’s Handbook’ is a one-stop guide to prepare men for their path to fatherhood. It provides practical answers to all the questions on the mind of a dad-to-be.

  • Mothers Raising Sons

    £12.99

    With practical examples and case studies this guide provides everything a mother or guardian will need to know to look after her boys. It avoids catchphrases and platitudes to reassure mothers that they will always be a part of their sons’ lives.

  • 21st Century Girls

    £12.99

    A major new insight into the difficulties of raising girls, and how parents can help their daughters fulfil their potential.

  • 1950s Mother Bringing Up Baby In 1950s

    £14.99

    A nostalgic look at what it was really like to be a 1950s mother and how the baby-boom generation was made.

  • Jo Frosts Toddler SOS

    £9.99

    Jo Frost guides us through the parenting subjects that she is constantly asked about: what do you do about bedwetting, bullying or biting and what happens when your child has to go to school, to the dentist or to the doctor; how can you create calm mealtimes and bedtimes and what can be done when sibling rivalry gets out of control.

  • Calmer Easier Happier Homework

    £14.99

    Everyone wants their child to get the most out of school and acquire the knowledge and skills that will stand them in good stead for later life. But with an ever expanding curriculum, increasing class sizes, and the lure of tv and computer games, parents are at a loss as to how to help their children. In this book, parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton, shows how parents can help their children develop the skills and resources they need to succeed.

  • French Parents Don’t Give In

    £12.00

    Pamela Druckerman offers a practical handbook of helpful and fun short tips to bring up your child à la française, with advice about feeding (including meal plans and recipes from French creches), sleeping, dealing with tantrums and other bad behaviour, and more.

  • French Children Dont Throw Food

    £10.99

    What British parent hasn’t noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are compared to our own? Pamela Druckerman, who lives in Paris with three young children, has had years of observing her French friends and neighbours, and with wit and style, is ideally placed to teach us the basics of French parenting.

  • How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm

    £12.99

    A charming insight into child-rearing practices across the globe

  • How Children Succeed

    £12.99

    We’re convinced that a good performance in school exams will lead to success later on in life. But what if we’re wrong? In fact, studies are increasingly showing that the qualities most likely to ensure a better degree, a better job and, ultimately, a more fulfilling life are perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control. This title introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators who are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories, Tough traces the links between childhood stress, childhood cosseting, and life success.

  • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen

    £12.99

    This is a sensible, lucid guide to practical and effective communication with your children. Using logical approaches to common problems, Faber and Mazlish demonstrate how to improve relationships with children, to make them less stressful and more rewarding.

  • Babycalm

    £13.99

    ‘BabyCalm’ will help you understand your baby and yourself as a new parent. It offers plenty of ideas about calming techniques and how to encourage your baby to sleep well and will enable you to feel confident and at ease in your new role.

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