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Positive Parenting - Not just for parents! Books for anyone who wants to encourage self-esteem, confidence and happiness in the children they care for or work with.

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Related booklists: Parenting Boys and Young Men, Parenting, LGBTQ+ Families and Parenting, Self Esteem & Young People, Health and Wellbeing - Books for Children, Co-operation, Sharing and Friendship - Books for Children, Parenting Girls and Young Women,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 61 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Break Free From Reactive Parenting by Laura Linn Knight
    Break Free From Reactive Parenting - by Laura Linn Knight

    £15.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781646044047 | ISBN 10: 1646044045

    Learn how to be a parent who reacts with patience and kindness instead of anger and frustration and overcome the cycle of reactive parenting.   Pretty much every parent has been reactive at some point. Reactive parenting encompasses the n ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race by Dr Pragya Agarwal
    Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race - by Dr Pragya Agarwal

    £9.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780349702056 | ISBN 10: 0349702055

    We want our children to thrive and flourish in a diverse, multi-cultural world and we owe it to them to help them make sense of the confusing and emotionally charged messages they receive about themselves and others. These early years are the most cr ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: Effective Strategies for Stressed Out Parents by Carla Naumburg
    How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: Effective Strategies for Stressed Out Parents - by Carla Naumburg

    £10.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529329735 | ISBN 10: 1529329736

    So, you're losing your sh*t with your kids. You scream, you shout, you snap at them. You're cranky and irritable more often than you'd like to admit. You know how you want to parent; you want to be a calmer, more rational and intentional parent, but ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature by Patrick Barkham
    Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature - by Patrick Barkham

    £16.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783781911 | ISBN 10: 1783781912

    From climbing trees and making dens, to building sandcastles and pond-dipping, many of the activities we associate with a happy childhood take place outdoors. And yet, the reality for many contemporary children is very different. The studies tell us ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World by Uju Asika
    Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World - by Uju Asika

    £16.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529368727 | ISBN 10: 1529368723

    You can't avoid it, because it's everywhere. In the looks my kids get in certain spaces, the manner in which some people speak to them, the stuff that goes over their heads. Stuff that makes them cry even when they don't know why. How do you bring up ... more

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  • Cover image of book Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children by Shannon Brescher Shea
    Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children - by Shannon Brescher Shea

    £13.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781623174712 | ISBN 10: 1623174716

    Drawing from cutting-edge social-science research, parent interviews, and experiential wisdom, science writer and parenting blogger Shannon Brescher Shea shows how green living and great parenting go hand in hand to teach kids kindness, compassion, r ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Board Game Family: Reclaim Your Children From the Screen by Ellie Dix
    The Board Game Family: Reclaim Your Children From the Screen - by Ellie Dix

    £12.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781785834332 | ISBN 10: 1785834339

    In The Board Game Family: Reclaim Your Children From the Screen, Ellie Dix offers a roadmap to integrating board gaming into family life and presents inspiring ways to engage even the trickiest of teenagers and manage game nights with flair.   Man ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Don
    Why Don't Children Sit Still? A Parent's Guide to Healthy Movement and Play in Child Development - by Evelien van Dort; translated by Barbara Mees

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781782505143 | ISBN 10: 1782505148

    Why is my son so clumsy? Why is my daughter's handwriting so messy? My children only want to play video games: will lack of movement really hurt them?  Movement is essential in helping children develop not only motor skills but also intellect ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Make Children Laugh by Michael Rosen
    How to Make Children Laugh - by Michael Rosen

    £9.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781787471573 | ISBN 10: 1787471578

    Learn the most beautiful skill in the world from the world expert in making children laugh, Michael Rosen.   Jokes, a jack-in-the-box, jelly and jumping beans make children laugh.   As do practical jokes, peekaboo, pantomine and poe ... more

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  • Cover image of book You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything by Matthew Syed
    You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything - by Matthew Syed

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781526361158 | ISBN 10: 1526361159

    This positive and empowering guide, by bestselling mindset author Matthew Syed, will help boys and girls build resilience, fulfil their potential and become successful, happy, awesome adults.   I'm no good at sport ... I can't do maths ... I r ... more

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  • Cover image of book How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
    How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way - by Tim Seldin

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780241286265 | ISBN 10: 0241286263

    Written by Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation, this is the most fully up-to-date guide on Montessori parenting, packed with brand-new advice on children's use of digital media, and the neuroscience of child development.  The M ... more

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  • Cover image of book Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv
    Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life - by Richard Louv

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786490445 | ISBN 10: 1786490447

    From the bestselling authority on connecting children with nature, a one-of-a-kind guide chock-full of practical ideas, advice and inspiration for creating a nature-rich life – for kids and grown-ups.   In his groundbreaking international bestse ... more

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  • Cover image of book Quiet Power: Growing Up as an Introvert in a World That Can
    Quiet Power: Growing Up as an Introvert in a World That Can't Stop Talking - by Susan Cain

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780241977910 | ISBN 10: 0241977916

    The highly anticipated follow-up to the sensational bestseller Quiet - empowering introverted children, teens and young adults.   Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation with Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talkin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sulky, Rowdy, Rude? Why Kids Really Act Out and What to Do About It by Bo Hejlskov Elven and Tina Wiman
    Sulky, Rowdy, Rude? Why Kids Really Act Out and What to Do About It - by Bo Hejlskov Elven and Tina Wiman

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785922138 | ISBN 10: 1785922130

    Children will naturally exhibit a range of negative and positive behaviour, which can often be very challenging for parents.  With a basis in child psychology, the authors provide strategies for managing emotions and facilitating positive relati ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Raise a Feminist: Bringing Up Kids with the Confidence to Change the World by Allison Vale and Victoria Ralfs
    How to Raise a Feminist: Bringing Up Kids with the Confidence to Change the World - by Allison Vale and Victoria Ralfs

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781472137081 | ISBN 10: 1472137086

    A lively and irreverent celebration of a new wave of non-combative, arms-wide-open feminism-for-all.  'We are all equally fascinating, equally valuable, equally capable of altruism, equally able to change the world for the better. That's fem ... more

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  • Cover image of book What To Do When You Feel Too Shy: A Kid
    What To Do When You Feel Too Shy: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Social Anxiety - by Claire A. B. Freeland & Jacqueline B. Toner. Illustrated by Janet McDonnell

    £18.95   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781433822766 | ISBN 10: 1433822768

    Circus clowns perform tricks and make us laugh. They wear bright colors, big shoes, and all kinds of wigs and colorful hats. Have you noticed that they seem to like people looking at them and laughing at them?   Lots of kids feel shy when they ... more

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  • Cover image of book Play the Forest School Way: Woodland Games and Crafts for Adventurous Kids by Peter Houghton and Jane Worroll
    Play the Forest School Way: Woodland Games and Crafts for Adventurous Kids - by Peter Houghton and Jane Worroll

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780289298 | ISBN 10: 1780289294

    Help your child connect with nature, be adventurous and most of all have fun, with these woodland games, crafts and skill-building activities from Forest School.  The ultimate guide to woodland fun with kids! Forest School is founded on a philoso ... more

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  • Cover image of book It
    It's Ok to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids - by Heather Shumaker

    £13.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780399172007 | ISBN 10: 0399172009

    When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut.   With her first book, It’s OK Not to Share, Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her “renegade rules” for raising competent and compassionat ... more

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  • Cover image of book Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting: Meditations on Raising Children by Clea Danaan
    Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting: Meditations on Raising Children - by Clea Danaan

    £8.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781782401544 | ISBN 10: 1782401547

    An enlightening guide to how families can develop awareness in everyday life. Clea Danaan reveals how sharing meditative practices and activities with children promotes calm, and the balance to thrive in a frantic modern world. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Good Ideas: How to be Your Child
    Good Ideas: How to be Your Child's (and Your Own) Best Teacher - by Michael Rosen

    £10.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781444796445 | ISBN 10: 1444796445

    We live in a world surrounded by all the stuff that education is supposed to be about: machines, bodies, languages, cities, votes, mountains, energy, movement, plays, food, liquids, collisions, protests, stones, windows. But the way we've been taught ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
    How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be - by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848124059 | ISBN 10: 1848124058

    How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be features fresh stories, cartoon illustrations, answers to commonly asked questions, exercises designed to sharpen your parenting skills, and audio dramatizations that demonstrate the skills in action. It a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling... by Ben Hewitt
    Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling... - by Ben Hewitt

    £12.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781611801699 | ISBN 10: 1611801699

    In this most personal of his books to date, Ben Hewitt shows us how small, mindful decisions about day-to-day life can lead to greater awareness of the world in our backyards and beyond. In telling the story of his sons’ unconventional education in t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Calm Parents, Happy Kids: The Secrets of Stress-free Parenting by Laura Markham
    Calm Parents, Happy Kids: The Secrets of Stress-free Parenting - by Laura Markham

    £14.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780091955205 | ISBN 10: 0091955203

    Most parenting books focus on changing a child's behaviour, but the truth is that children only change when their relationship with their parents changes.  In Calm Parents, Happy Kids, Dr Laura Markham introduces an approach to parenting tha ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Feeling Child: Laying the Foundations of Confidence and Resilience by Maria Robinson
    The Feeling Child: Laying the Foundations of Confidence and Resilience - by Maria Robinson

    £22.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780415521222 | ISBN 10: 041552122x

    What impact does children’s emotional development and well-being have on their capacity to learn? How do you provide learning experiences that meet the developmental needs of every child in your care?   The Feeling Child thoughtfully discusses the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son by Lori Duron
    Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son - by Lori Duron

    £14.50   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780770437725 | ISBN 10: 0770437729

    Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family’s adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son.   Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing bo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Your Guide to a Happier Family: Liberated Parents, Liberated Children by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
    Your Guide to a Happier Family: Liberated Parents, Liberated Children - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

    £12.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848123786 | ISBN 10: 1848123787

    Award-winning experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish explain the countless ways the use of language can build self-esteem, inspire confidence and encourage responsibility. With easy to follow examples and case studies, they’ll show you how to take si ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
    How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

    £12.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781848123090 | ISBN 10: 1848123094

    New, expanded 30th anniversary edition of the number one practical guide to making your family life less stressful and more rewarding.Effective step by step techniques to help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children. Learn h ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls by Emily W. Kane
    The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls - by Emily W. Kane

    £21.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780814737835 | ISBN 10: 0814737838

    From the selection of toys, clothes, and activities to styles of play and emotional expression, the family is ground zero for where children learn about gender. Despite recent awareness that girls are not too fragile to play sports and that boys can ... more

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  • Cover image of book Love Bombing: Reset Your Child
    Love Bombing: Reset Your Child's Emotional Thermostat - by Oliver James

    £10.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781780491370 | ISBN 10: 1780491379

    "Love Bombing" is a radical new method for resetting the emotional thermostats of troubled children and their parents, setting them on a much happier trajectory. It is simple to do, easily explained and works for both severe and mild problems from ag ... more

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  • Cover image of book Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents by Ruth MacConville and Tina Rae
    Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents - by Ruth MacConville and Tina Rae

    £26.95   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849052610 | ISBN 10: 1849052611

    Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Creating Loving Attachments by Kim S. Golding and Daniel A. Hughes
    Creating Loving Attachments - by Kim S. Golding and Daniel A. Hughes

    £16.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781849052276 | ISBN 10: 1849052271

    All children need love, but for troubled children, a loving home is not always enough. Children who have experienced trauma need to be parented in a special way that helps them feel safe and secure, builds attachments and allows them to heal.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger by Warwick Pudney and Éliane Whitehouse
    Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger - by Warwick Pudney and Éliane Whitehouse

    £16.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781849052177 | ISBN 10: 1849052174

    Young children can erupt like little volcanoes when they are feeling angry. It can be overwhelming and difficult to deal with, and can produce angry feelings in the parent or caregiver too.   This book is packed with advice and strategies for ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children by Colby Pearce
    A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children - by Colby Pearce

    £13.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781849051187 | ISBN 10: 1849051186

    A child's capacity to cope with adversity and 'stand on their own two feet' is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future independence and success in adulthood. Psychological strength, or resilience, directly affects a child's capa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children by Sarah Napthali
    Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children - by Sarah Napthali

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781742377018 | ISBN 10: 1742377017

    Firmly grounded in the day-to-day reality of being a mother, Buddhism for Mothers discusses Buddhist teachings as applied to the everyday challenges of bringing up children.   Become a calmer and happier mother with Buddhism for Mothers. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Too Safe for Their Own Good? Helping Children Learn About Risk and Lifeskills (2nd edition) by Jennie Lindon
    Too Safe for Their Own Good? Helping Children Learn About Risk and Lifeskills (2nd edition) - by Jennie Lindon

    £13.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781907969140 | ISBN 10: 1907969144

    Young children have only a limited understanding of the risks that surround them, so they fall over, bang their heads, scrape their knees and worse. Adults often try to create a risk-free environment, but this can reduce children's opportunities to m ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Genius of Natural Childhood: Secrets of Thriving Children by Sally Goddard Blythe
    The Genius of Natural Childhood: Secrets of Thriving Children - by Sally Goddard Blythe

    £14.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781907359040 | ISBN 10: 1907359044

    Fifty-five per cent of parents admit they never read to their child. Toddlers watch 4.5 hours of TV daily. More children are obese, enter school developmentally delayed and need special education. So Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpa ... more

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  • Cover image of book How Not to F*** Them Up by Oliver James
    How Not to F*** Them Up - by Oliver James

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780091923938 | ISBN 10: 009192393x

    As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a working or stay-at-home mum?  Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how to meet them. How Not to F*** Them Up, lea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety: A Photocopiable Activities Book by Deborah M. Plummer, illustrated by Alice Harper
    Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety: A Photocopiable Activities Book - by Deborah M. Plummer, illustrated by Alice Harper

    £17.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781843109600 | ISBN 10: 1843109603

    This book is full of creative ideas for use with children who have difficulty in coping with change, stress and normal levels of anxiety. Supported by a comprehensive but accessible theory section, the practical exercises are a simple and fun way of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Parents
    The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid - by Gerald Koocher and Annette La Greca

    £25.49   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780195381917 | ISBN 10: 0195381912

    Does your young daughter talk endlessly about invisible friends, dragons in the basement, and monsters in the closet? Is your teenager about to start high school or being victimized by bullies? Is your son mortally afraid of certain insects or of inj ... more

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  • Cover image of book Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) by Leonore Skenazy
    Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) - by Leonore Skenazy

    £12.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780470574751 | ISBN 10: 0470574755

    Free Range Kids has become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy's piece about allowing her 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC. Parent groups argued about it, bloggers, blogged, spouses became uncivil with eac ... more

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  • Cover image of book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
    Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder - by Richard Louv

    £10.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848870833 | ISBN 10: 1848870833

    This huge international bestseller, fully revised for non-American readers, is now in paperback. Last Child in the Woods shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distant from nature, why this matters, and what we can do to make a ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities by Various authors
    My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities - by Various authors

    £17.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781604861099 | ISBN 10: 1604861096

    In lives where there is a new diagnosis or drama every day, the stories in this collection provide parents of “special needs” kids with a welcome chuckle, a rock to stand on, and a moment of reality held far enough from the heart to see clearly. Feat ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Book of Values: Educating Children to Become Thinking, Responsible and Caring Citizens by Julie Duckworth
    The Little Book of Values: Educating Children to Become Thinking, Responsible and Caring Citizens - by Julie Duckworth

    £10.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781845901356 | ISBN 10: 1845901355

    We live in a society consumed by materialism and the desire for more. Does this mean our next generation of children will grow up being literate and numerate greedy consumers whose lives are judged by the size of their houses and the latest model BMW ... more

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  • Cover image of book Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan, Molleen Matsumura, Amanda Metskas, and Jan Devor
    Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief - by Dale McGowan, Molleen Matsumura, Amanda Metskas, and Jan Devor

    £13.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780814410967 | ISBN 10: 0814410960

    Praised by Newsweek as “a compelling read” and Library Journal as “accessible and down-to-earth,” Dale McGowan’s Parenting Beyond Belief offered freethinking parents everywhere a compassionate introduction to raising caring, ethical children without ... more

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  • Cover image of book Recapturing Childhood: Positive Parenting in the Modern World by Mildred Masheder
    Recapturing Childhood: Positive Parenting in the Modern World - by Mildred Masheder

    £10.00   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781854250957 | ISBN 10: 1854250957

    Mildred Masheder provides wise advice on every aspect of childhood. With many inspiring contributions from parents, who have written to her about their parenting experiences, she invites us to help our children recapture this special time of their l ... more

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  • Cover image of book Parenting Is Child
    Parenting Is Child's Play: How to Give Your Child the Best Start in Life and Have Fun Doing It - by David Coleman

    £14.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781844881406 | ISBN 10: 1844881407

    In his popular and critically acclaimed RTÉ series, Families in Trouble, David Coleman showed stressed parents how to figure out ways of helping their children and themselves.  Now, in Parenting is Child’s Play, he focuses on the first six ye ... more

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  • Cover image of book Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Child Rearing in Highland Peru by Inge Bolin
    Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Child Rearing in Highland Peru - by Inge Bolin

    £16.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780292712980 | ISBN 10: 0292712987

    Far from the mainstream of society, the pastoral community of Chillihuani in the high Peruvian Andes rears children who are well-adjusted, creative, and curious. They exhibit superior social and cognitive skills and maintain an attitude of respect fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
    How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

    £12.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781853408571 | ISBN 10: 1853408573

    In this revolutionary, must-have book for parents, bestselling authors Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish turn their down-to-earth respectful approach to parenting to the specific troubles of the teenage years.  Written in their trademark, practical, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs by Caryl Rivers & Rosalind Barnett
    Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs - by Caryl Rivers & Rosalind Barnett

    £12.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780465006137 | ISBN 10: 0465006132

    From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych gurus like John Gray, and even the controversial Harvard President Lawrence Summers, the message has long been the same: Men and women are fundamentally different, and trying to bridge the gen ... more

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  • Cover image of book Words are Not for Hurting - Paperback by Elizabeth Verdick and Marieka Heinlen
    Words are Not for Hurting - Paperback - by Elizabeth Verdick and Marieka Heinlen

    £11.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781575421568 | ISBN 10: 1575421569

    Children learn that their words belong to them: They can think before they speak, then choose what to say and how to say it.  The book makes the connection between hurtful words and feelings of anger, sadness, and regret. It introduces positive ways ... more

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  • Cover image of book Letting Go As Children Grow: From Early Intimacy to Full Independence - a Parent
    Letting Go As Children Grow: From Early Intimacy to Full Independence - a Parent's Guide - by Deborah Jackson

    £9.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780747565765 | ISBN 10: 0747565767

    An updated edition of Do Not Disturb: the Benefits of Relaxed Parenting. Feeling confused, guilty, overworked and piteously undervalued? You must be a 21st century parent. It's ok. You can let go now ... Most childcare books encourage us to become ... more

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  • Cover image of book 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body by Brenda Richardson and Elaine Rehr
    101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body - by Brenda Richardson and Elaine Rehr

    £11.99   paperback   (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780060956677 | ISBN 10: 0060956674

    Sit up straight so your tummy doesn't hang out. Thin is always in. You look so much prettier when you smile. Guys like girls with big boobs. Now that you've got your period, you's better be careful. I'd kill to have legs like yours.  With negat ... more

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  • Cover image of book Storytelling with Children by Nancy Mellon
    Storytelling with Children - by Nancy Mellon

    £12.99   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9781907359262 | ISBN 10: 1907359265

    Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it is bedtime, around the fire or on rainy days. Encouraging you to spin golden tales, Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Crying by Patty Wipfler
    Crying - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290322 | ISBN 10: 1584290323

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Playlistening by Patty Wipfler
    Playlistening - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290353 | ISBN 10: 1584290358

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Special Time by Patty Wipfler
    Special Time - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290315 | ISBN 10: 1584290315

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Listening Effectively to Children by Patty Wipfler
    Listening Effectively to Children - by Patty Wipfler

    £7.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290360 | ISBN 10: 1584290366

    A compilation of articles written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The articles explain in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, and how ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tantrums and Indignation by Patty Wipfler
    Tantrums and Indignation - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290346 | ISBN 10: 158429034x

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Healing Children by Patty Wipfler
    Healing Children - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290308 | ISBN 10: 1584290307

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Reaching For Your Angry Child by Patty Wipfler
    Reaching For Your Angry Child - by Patty Wipfler

    £2.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290339 | ISBN 10: 1584290331

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
    Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

    £12.99   paperback   (1998) - ISBN 13: 9781853406300 | ISBN 10: 1853406309

    Having children is wonderful but they can seriously endanger your sanity. Faber and Mazlish have written a comprehensive guide with practical guidelines and examples for how to cope with - and deflect - sibling rivalry. Written with humour, underst ... more

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