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

He'll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men (10th Anniversary Edition) by Celia Lashlie

$36.99 NZD

Category: Parenting | Reading Level: very good

Adolescent boys - they seem to disappear into another world where they barely communicate, and where fast cars, alcohol and drugs are constant temptations. Will they survive to become good men? How can parents and schools understand them and help them through this difficult and dangerous time? Celia Las hlie has some of the answers. After years working in the prison service she knows what can happen when boys make the wrong choices. She also knows what it's like to be a parent - she raised a son on her own and feared for his survival. During the recent Good Man Project she talked to 180 classes of boys throughout New Zealand, and what she found was surprising, amusing and, in some cases, frightening. In this funny, honest, no-nonsense book Celia Lashlie reveals what goes on inside the world of boys, and that it is an entirely different world from that of girls. With clarity and insight she offers parents - especially mothers - practical and reassuring advice on raising their boys to become good, loving, articulate men. ...Show more

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

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 important 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

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. Some have Sat urday 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

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

$19.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Single Dads Guide To The Galaxy, The by Mcewan, Roger

$29.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

'I've experienced all the different roles you have to play when there's nobody else around: a parent, a dad, a father, a stand-in mum, a confidant, always a butler or maid, a teacher and, most crucially, a friend.'In this enlightening but also very practical book, Roger McEwan shares the lessons he's le arned from years as a solo dad.It is not, he insists, a self-help book. But amidst the rich, always fascinating, often hilarious experiences of his times with his two children are dozens and dozens of useful pieces of advice for parents - from developing a great relationship with your ex (if you can) to letting the children pick the clothes they want to wear, teaching them to cook, and acknowledging that changing a toilet roll is too complex for anyone under the age of eighteen to understand. ...Show more

New Zealand Secondary Schools and Your Child by Bali Haque

$34.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

This is a book for parents and caregivers of students about to attend or who are currently attending a secondary school. Its central purpose is to provide simple no nonsense, jargon-free information to help the challenges of navigating this rite of passage. It draws on Bali Haque's experience as a teach er and secondary school principal using personal anecdotes, stories and case studies where appropriate. Each chapter stands alone and contains basic information to help you understand how secondary schools work so that you can make the decisions you will need to make. ...Show more

Breastfeeding Made Simple : Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by NANCY MOHRBACHER

$39.99 NZD

Category: Parenting

Breastfeeding may be natural, but that doesn't mean it's easy! This new edition has been updated with the latest research on breastfeeding and includes advice for correcting common problems and teaches mothers and mothers-to-be seven natural laws for successful breastfeeding. This information is di stilled from various fields and up-to-date research and is presented in a practical, straightforward way. This new edition has been updated with the latest research on breastfeeding and includes advice for correcting common problems. Chapters offer guidance for maintaining proper attachment, reducing the pain of nursing, understanding normal breastfeeding patterns, maintaining adequate milk production, weaning, and more. Special situations, such as mothers with breast reductions and infants with special needs, are also addressed by this comprehensive handbook. ...Show more

Stand by Me: Helping Your Teen Through Tough Times by John Kirwan

$40.00 NZD

Category: Parenting | Reading Level: near fine

'I'm a dad and I'm scared.' Charting John Kirwan's experiences as a father, and incorporating voices of young people today, Stand By Me examines issues around teenage mental health, with a focus on depression and anxiety. It is intended as a useful guide for parents, caregivers and teachers - anyone con cerned about the wellbeing of young people in their care. Like All Blacks Don't Cry, it has an emphasis on hopefulness and living positively. Stand By Me is JK's second collaboration with writer Margie Thomson, and draws on the expertise of Dr Elliot Bell and Kirsty Louden-Bell, clinical psychologists from the Otago Medical School. JK confronts an array of questions about parenting and his own children, and looks at case studies of teenagers who have been diagnosed with mental health issues including anxiety and depression. In their own words, the young people interviewed reflect on their treatment and progress, and consider how these experiences have shaped them as they face forward into their adult lives. ...Show more

The New Zealand Pregnancy Book: A Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Babies First Three Months by Sue Pullon and Cheryl Benn

$49.99 NZD

Category: Parenting | Reading Level: very good

The New Zealand Pregnancy Book has been used by many thousands of parents since the first edition was published. The third edition has been comprehensively rewritten by GP author Sue Pullon, along with midwife Cheryl Benn. New emphasis is placed on matters such as: the range of birth options; midwife c are; the role of fathers; testing in pregnancy; antenatal care; fertility support; the first months of a baby's life; breastfeeding; practical matters such as nappy options and shopping lists. A Maori perspective is provided by midwife Hope Tupara and researcher Donna Cormack. The experience of other cultures is also presented. In personal stories, ordinary New Zealanders speak movingly of their experiences: pregnancy, home birth and hospital birth, disability, cot death, living with a new baby, choosing between high tech and natural birth, etc. Readers will find here the real accounts that will help them to understand the great range of experience in pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Full colour photography by Daniel Allen also records this range. Allen's birth sequences (shot both in hospital and at home) offer superb information for parents-to-be (and medical students). An exercise series has been developed with the assistance of experienced physiotherapist Yvonne Ferguson. Nappy-changing, baby equipment, breastfeeding and bathing have all been brilliantly photographed. Most powerful of all are Allen's images of people willing to share this momentous experience - newly pregnant women, others about to give birth, a young father with twins, a Maori family, couples and women on their own. These are eloquent photographs of New Zealanders, from all cultures, at a time of great significance in their lives. ...Show more