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The Book of Knowing by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Written in an accessible and humorous style, this book teaches you to know what's going on in your mind and how to get your feelings under control. It'll help you adapt and feel better about your place in the world. Psychologist Gwendoline Smith uses her broad scientific knowledge and experience to expl ...Show more
1,2,3...the Toddler Years: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers by Irene Van der Zande with Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center
$37.00 NZD
Category: Toddlers
1,2,3 The Toddler Years offers practical help in an entertaining fashion on the many issues parents and caregivers face as young children experience the toddler years. The true life examples, humorous approach and clear format make the book easy to read and use. These methods have been applied successf ...Show more
Repartnered Families: Creating New Ways of Living Together Beyond the Nuclear Family by Jan Rodwell
$27.00 NZD
Category: Stepfamilies
What can we do when our 'blended' families just won't blend? One of Auckland's most experienced and respected Auckland family therapists, Jan Rodwell, has examined this and other key questions on 'new', 'reconstituted' or 'repartnered' families. From her work and her personal experience, Rodwell unders ...Show more
Simply Parenting by Dorothy Waide
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parenting
‘How do I encourage my baby to sleep through the night?’ ‘How do I teach my baby to self-settle?’ ‘Everyone else seems to be coping with their baby, but my boy just cries all the time. What is wrong with him?’ If these questions sound familiar, then this is the book for you. The first three months may h ...Show more
Living With It by Bev Aisbett
$25.00 NZD
Category: Anxiety
The classic guide for panic attack sufferers - now fully revised and updated. Panic attacks - approximately 5% of the population will experience them at some time or another. The dread of having an attack - they seemingly come out of nowhere - transforms the ordinary world of everyday life into a nightm ...Show more
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown
$25.00 NZD
Category: Separation & Divorce | Series: Dino Life Guides for Families
This picture book helps young children and their families deal with the anxieties of divorce. Simple, direct text and lively illustrations. "Friendly dinosaurs in the throes of difficult divorce situations reassure readers in similar straits that everything will be all right." --Publishers Weekly Ages ...Show more
Becoming the Parent You Want To Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years
$47.00 NZD
Category: Child Care
Informative, inspiring, and enlightening, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be provides parents with the building blocks they need to discover their own parenting philosophy and develop effective parenting strategies. Through in-depth information, practical suggestions, and many lively first-person stori ...Show more
Baby's First 100 Days by Margaret Stephenson-Meere
$30.00 NZD
Category: Babies
A commonsense parenting guide to your baby's first 100 days. Who has time to read a big reference book when a new baby has arrived? There are lots of baby books out there - but nothing as fresh, simple and accessible as this guide to surviving the first 100 days. Baby's First 100 Days simply and clearly ...Show more
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
$25.00 NZD
Category: Child Care
Updated with a new postscript by Amy Chua and a letter from her eldest daughter, Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bit ...Show more
Let's Talk about Your New Family's Sleep by Lyndsey Hookway
$45.00 NZD
Category: Parenting | Series: Let's Talk About... Ser.
Many parents worry about their child's sleep, and parents of new babies are often exhausted - but there is hope.This realistic, reassuring, and refreshing guide to sleep looks at sleep for both parents and children, and aims to empower and encourage parents to feel calm, confident and compassionate in t ...Show more
When Breastfeeding Sucks - What You Need to Know about Nursing Aversion and Agitation by Zainab Yate
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parenting
Many mothers and those who support them do not know that they can experience negative emotions associated with breastfeeding. In modern society breastfeeding is often used - problematically - to exemplify myths about motherhood and maternal love, and is bound up with ideas of what makes a 'good mother'. ...Show more
Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself by Susan M. Pollak; Christopher Germer (Foreword by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Child Care
"I yelled at the kids again--and feel so ashamed." "I barely have time to shower, let alone exercise; no wonder I'm so out of shape." "I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be." Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist S ...Show more
