Author(s): Kristina Murrin

Parenting

It seems the health and happiness of our nation's children has never been more publicly discussed and analyzed than it is today. Daily, we are reminded of how child obesity is on the increase, literacy amongst children is worsening, children are increasingly suffering from depression and how they're spending far too much time sitting idle in front of the TV or computer games. With every piece of bad news comes another expert telling you how you're failing your child and how you should be doing things differently. It's hard to know, from all this differing advice, what really works and whether these problems really do apply to you and your child. So how, in this modern age of convenience foods, TV, mobile phones, the internet, computer games, rising crime rates and bad school dinners, do you know exactly what is best and what you really need to be doing to foster a healthy and happy life for your child? How do you protect your child from all these negative influences? How do you know whether you're doing it right, doing it wrong or not doing it all?This new book aims to help you sort the facts from the fiction and guide you, step-by-step, along the best and most reliable routes to ensuring your children grow up healthily and happily.