Teaching Children the Magic of Silence and Stillness
Silence and stillness does have a magic to it. It doesn’t matter where you find it — in your home, your workplace or your classroom. However in our fast-paced world it is getting harder and harder to find. In this book, Maggie Dent explores the cognitive and emotional benefits of silence and stillness, demonstrating how crucial it is for ......
Every parent wants their child to grow up happy, healthy, strong, kind and resilient. This book aims to guide parents in their everyday decision-making to raise kids who are just that. In our ever-changing world it is important to understand what resilience is and how to build it in our children.
“Maggie is earthy and real, full of love and knowledge, especially on raising sons.” – Steve Biddulph
If we can see the world through boys’ eyes a little better, we will make different choices in the way we mother them… and we will find them less confusing, and love them more deeply…
Mothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a ......
A book filled with activities and practical advice on how to get your kids off their screens and in to nature, backed up with science-based reasons on why it’s so important.
Real children need real experiences with real people to grow up happy, healthy, strong, kind and resilient. The second edition of this popular book explores the 10 essential building blocks that help children build resilience and self-esteem in our chaotic, uncertain world.
A back-to-basics guide to calm, common-sense, connected parenting
It is easy in our fast-paced, competitive, consumer-driven world to forget that children are not mini-adults, projects to be managed or problems to be solved. This common-sense guide to parenting and caring for children under eight, reminds us that a child’s development cannot be rushed, or crudely measured again milestones. It ......
Thousands of names and inspirational in-depth advice on choosing the right name for your baby
Baby Names 2022 provides over 8000 names, separated into boys and girls names and all listed with their meanings. As well as thousands of names to choose from Baby Names 2022 includes the year’s most popular names, celebrity choices and trends from 2021, plus great tips and advice on choosing a name.
This engaging and sensitive book fills a major gap in showing a young child the impact on a parent of a mental illness such as bipolar disorder. In 2016, it won the Australian Association of Family Therapy Annual Award for children’s picture books and is on the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge list. Contains four pages of teachers/parents notes.
Helping Parents Teach Their Baby to Swim - Newborn to 3 Years
The Learn to Swim book is a superb how-to guide for parents and caregivers to teach their baby the basics of swimming and water familiarization in the lead up to, and in conjunction with, swimming lessons. Each chapter focuses on a new skill for the parent and baby to learn together in the bath or pool.
