Babies Names by ANON

$8.99 NZD

Category: Parenting | Series: CRESSWELL, JULIA

When it comes to choosing a name for your baby, everybody from your grandmother to the milkman has an opinion. Even when you've drawn up your short-list, it can be difficult to make a decision.This A - Z of babies names includes thousands of creative, traditional and ethnic choices with their origins an d meanings to help you settle on the perfect name for your baby. Clear layouts makes it easy for parents to find their favourites and search for related names or pet forms. Includes helpful information on registering your baby's birth. Features up to date lists of the top 50 boy's and girls' names in England, Wales and Scotland. ...Show more

Nurture: The Art of Parenting by Peter Alsop; Nathan Wallis

$39.99 NZD

Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine

This is a book about community; about fostering the potential of children to boost New Zealand's wellbeing. It's a book of parenting ideas, shared by parents keen on growing the greater good. These parents challenged the norm - to keep parenting views to ourselves - and demonstrated that everyday parent s have great ideas that should be shared. Nurture links these generously gifted ideas to key personal virtues for living a great life. The virtues - wisdom, courage, compassion, integrity, self-mastery and belief -stem from the field of positive psychology, the study of happiness and wellbeing. They are virtues to cultivate in children and, to support child development, develop in our families, communities and schools. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photos from mid-century New Zealand, the linking of ideas with imagery invokes a head-heart response; a powerful invitation for reflection, learning and growth.By opening our hearts and minds to ideas ¿ both sharing them and receiving them -we embrace a timeless truth: it takes a village to raise great children. Nurture invites us all to lead the way to a community and country of new possibility. ...Show more

Worry-Proofing Your Anxious Child by Bev Aisbett

$24.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Toddler Whispering: 1 to 5 the Preschool Years by Sharlene Poole

$38.00 NZD

Category: Parenting

A companion guide to the incredibly successful book Baby Whispering, which covered the first year of a baby's life. This new book covers the following four years, divided into two main age groups (1-2 and 2 -5) looking at commonly asked questions from parents, plus material on routines, significant cha nges during these times, sleeping, eating, toilet training, screen time, behaviour management, sibling adjustment, different personalities, child care options and more. All this is covered simply and in a very easy-to-read manner that the tiredest of parents will be able to understand. ...Show more

The Enchanted Hour - The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon

$27.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

"Parents and grandparents shouldn't miss The Enchanted Hour." -- James Patterson, international bestselling authorA Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as techn ology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice, and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain, and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, The Enchanted Hour explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits that await children, whatever their class, nationality or family background. But it's not just about bedtime stories for little kids: Reading aloud consoles, uplifts and invigorates at every age, deepening the intellectual lives and emotional well-being of teenagers and adults, too.Meghan Cox Gurdon argues that this ancient practice is a fast-working antidote to the fractured attention spans, atomized families and unfulfilling ephemera of the tech era, helping to replenish what our devices are leaching away. For everyone, reading aloud engages the mind in complex narratives; for children, it's an irreplaceable gift that builds vocabulary, fosters imagination, and kindles a lifelong appreciation of language, stories and pictures.Bringing together the latest scientific research, practical tips, and reading recommendations, The Enchanted Hour will both charm and galvanize, inspiring readers to share this invaluable, life-altering tradition with the people they love most. ...Show more

Parenting Made Simple - Straightforward, Practical Strategies for Common Childhood Challenges by Sarah Hughes

$29.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

In this practical, easy-to-implement guide, specialist child psychologist Dr Sarah Hughes gives you the tools you need for every age and stage of your child's development. Focusing on six key areas: challenging behaviour emotions and tantrums confidence social skills and friendships anxiety par enting well through separation and divorce You'll learn all the do's and don'ts, and discover effective techniques for raising well-adjusted children. Dr Hughes uses real-world examples and scenarios to delve deep into the emotional and behavioural development of children, including rooting out just why kids can't always behave well (hint: because their brains haven't finished developing yet). From how to reward positive behaviour to the best way to set rules and guidelines, Parenting Made Simple offers a warm and commonsense approach all parents can benefit from. ...Show more

The Importance of Failing Well: Practical advice on how parents can best encourage and support their children to become resilient, focused, effective and confident learners by Lance G King

$39.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Childhood anxiety and pressure to do well is on the rise, and New Zealand author Lance G King is here to help parents support their children to become self-regulated, resilient learners who know how to ‘fail well’. This is not to say that failing is the goal, but rather that the most importa nt thing is to teach children and teens to strengthen and preserve their mental health and to be resilient – how to overcome adversity and how to learn from their mistakes. ...Show more

Balanced and Barefoot by HANSCOM ANGELA J

$37.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging activities to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, an d resilient adults.Today s kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies show that children need rough and tumble outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. Disturbingly, a lack of movement has been shown to lead to a number of health and cognitive difficulties, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), emotion regulation and sensory processing issues, and aggressiveness at school recess break. So, how can you ensure your child is fully engaging their body, mind, and all of their senses?Using the same philosophy that lies at the heart of her popular TimberNook program that nature is the ultimate sensory experience, and that psychological and physical health improves for children when they spend time outside on a regular basis author Angela Hanscom offers several activities to help your child thrive, even if you live in an urban environment.Today it is rare to find children rolling down hills, climbing trees, or spinning in circles just for fun. We ve taken away merry-go-rounds, shortened the length of swings, and done away with teeter-totters to keep children safe. Children have fewer opportunities for unstructured outdoor play than ever before, and recess times at school are shrinking due to demanding educational environments.With this book, you ll discover activities you can do anytime, anywhere to help your kids achieve the movement they need to be happy and healthy in mind, body, and spirit. ...Show more

Teen Brain: Why screens are making your teenager depressed by David Gillespie

$37.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

From Australia's most trusted non-fiction researcher and author comes the book that every parent needs to read. With their labile and rapidly developing brains, adolescents are particularly susceptible to addiction, and addiction leads to anxiety and depression. What few parents will know is that wha t we think of as the most typical addictions and problematic teen behaviours - smoking, drinking, drug-taking, sex leading to teenage pregnancy - are on the decline. The bad news is that a whole raft of addictions has taken their place. Whereas once the dopamine-hungry brain of a teenager got its fix from smoking a joint or sculling a Bundy and coke, it is now turning to electronic devices for the pleasure jolt that typically comes from playing online games (if you're a boy) and engaging with social media (if you're a girl). What is even more troubling is that, unlike drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, electronic devices are not illicit. Quite the contrary. They are liberally distributed by schools and parents, with few restrictions placed on their use. However, all is not lost. In Teen Brain, David sets out clear, reasonable and effective rules to help you confidently manage your kids' use of screens at this critical point in their lives. ...Show more

Grandparents Talk (Stickered Stock)

$12.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Wonderful and inspiring stories from grandparents from all walks of New Zealand life. Grandparents Talk contains frank, sometimes astonishing, inspiring and thought-provoking interviews with a cross-section of New Zealand grandparents. Some are looking after their grandchildren full time. Som e have Saturday night movie nights with theirs. This book shows the variety of grandparents in our diverse society, the heartbreak and the hilarity, and just how indispensable grandparents are. This colourful book is richly illustrated with photos of the featured grandparents and pictures drawn and paintings by school children.  ...Show more

My Baby Book

$39.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Capture the memories of baby's early years in this playful keepsake journal by Christine Roussey, illustrator of the bestselling children's book In My Heart. Whimsical prompts encourage parents to jot down the details of their baby's emerging personality, likes and dislikes, and memorable firsts, as wel l as their own reflections on new parenthood. A bonus pocket in the back includes: an envelope for a birth announcement, a tiny envelope for a lock of hair, a booklet for jotting down baby's first words and phrases, an accordion-folded growth chart, an envelope for handprints and footprints, and stickers to decorate photos. A pair of ribbons tie the padded case shut, making for a gifty package. ...Show more

Beyond the Tiger Mom["East-West Parenting for the Global Age"] by Maya Thiagarajan

$19.99 NZD

Category: Parenting