BOOKS FOR PARENTS

A family faces Mom's cancer and medical treatments with a huge hair shaving party. Touching and humorous black and white photographs follow Mom (Debbie) as she and her family go through each step of fighting cancer. This personal journey high-lights the kinds of questions children have when a loved one gets cancer in a way that provides clear and non-frightening answers. A perfect book to help parents, family, friends, teachers, counselors and all adults, assist children in understanding what is happening during treatments. Age 6 - 12

Learning Success is a book for learners of all ages; parents and teachers - gives you the skills to unlock your talents and achieve the success you deserve.

An intelligent guide and essentially shows how to improve those all important skills.

Does your teenager sometimes leave you feeling so far out of your depth your head hurts? Has your teenage son lost the gift of speech? Does your teenage daughter blame you for everything, including global warming? Ever found yourself being frowned at, scowled at, or just plain screamed at for no good reason? Welcome to the teenage years - you are not alone. Nigel Latta has worked extensively with teenagers, and has seen every kind of kid, family, and problem you could possibly imagine - and many you probably couldn't. In this ente... read more

You've seen his show on TV, now read the book it was adapted from. Why is it so hard to be the parent you thought you would be? Nigel Latta, clinical psychologist and parent, has seen almost everything there is to see and offers some hard-won battlefield wisdom. He offers practical commonsense answers and real life examples, logical and realistic strategies, and innovative behaviour modification tools that work in the real world. Written in down-to-earth language, this book needs to be handed out at birth, an essential guide fo... read more

The Good Man Project, a major study in 24 boys'  schools around New Zealand, aimed to discover how best to help boys become men.
Celia Lashlie's involvement with the research, and her work in prisons and parenting, enable her to offer more of the razor-sharp insights and no-nonsense suggestions we have come to expect from this expert commentator and motivator.
First published October 2005.

Do your kids sometimes make you feel like your head is going to explode? Have you ever yelled until you were hoarse? Do you ever have days when all you feel like doing is making a run for the airport? Why is it so hard to be the parent you thought you would be?

Practical commonsense answers and examples from actual cases, logical and realistic strategies, and innovative behaviour modification tools that work in the real world — all from a parent and family therapist who’s seen almost everything there is to see and off... read more

A brilliant practical parenting book about parenting boys. It's packed with lots of tips and pragmatic ideas for parents and has a strong and positive message for parents. Structure of the book:The challenges for boys in the new millenium: The uniqueness of boys/ men; The importance of fathers in parenting boys; The place of mothers in parenting boys; How to parent preschooler boys (or under 5s); How to parent primary school boys (or 5- 12 year olds); How to parent teenage boys. Ian Grant is a high-profile parenting guru in New Zea... read more

A thought-provoking survey of 50 NZ teenagers’ ideas and beliefs, arranged into chapters dealing with home life, school, social lives, communication, employment, society and belief systems. This book provides a unique insight into the minds of young men in NZ.

A warm, wise and with-it NZ guide to growing up, designed to help pre-teens feel good about the changes that are happening to them physically, sexually and emotionally.

Teenage boys tell us what they think about growing up, friends, sex, sport, drugs - no holds barred. What do guys think about friends, parents, sex, sport, drugs and everything else that matters? In Boys' Stuff, teenagers write about their lives. It's honest, raw and real. They talk about what the rules are, how they break them, and what's really cool. If I haven't done it by the time I'm 21, I'm going to cut it off and become a monk. Johnny My room smells of eleven summers, winters, autumns and springs. It smells of the body odour... read more

The long-awaited sequel to the bestseller and backlist star Toddler Taming Beyond Toddlerdom is the book every parent needs when their child isn't a toddler any more. In the years between toddlerdom and adolescence, the rate of your child's growth and development will escalate dramatically. You will find it more and more challenging to keep up with the changes as your child starts primary school and develops new skills, becomes more social and more worldly. Family life at this time can seem like a roller coaster ride of ups ... read more

More than a million parents all over the world swear by Toddler Taming, Dr Christopher Green's classic guide to surviving the toddler years.Now revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Toddler Taming offers friendly, practical advice for a new generation of parents with children at the challenging stage of toddlerdom. With today's parents increasingly time-poor, yet under pressure to succeed both at work and at home, Dr Green's reassuring message is to remember that you are normal and not alone. The key to effective parent... read more

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The Saying Goodbye To series aims to help and support children going through the difficult and upsetting stages of bereavement by helping children to understand their feelings and the natural process of emotions of the loss of a loved one

Artfully combining poignant animal photographs with gentle humour and heartfelt words, this homage to Dads everywhere is sure to be treasured by fathers of all ages.

From dread of spiders to panic attacks, kids have worries and fears, just like adults. This is a book kids can turn to when they need advice, reassurance, and ideas. They'll find out where fears and worries come from, practice Fear Chasers and Worry Erasers, and learn to seek help for hard-to-handle fears they can't manage on their own.

Book 2 in the "Adding Assets" Series for Kids introduces and describes the four empowerment assets: Community Values Children, Children as Resources, Service to Others, and Safety. Each asset is clearly defined and introduced by a story. Kids learn simple, everyday ways to play useful roles at home and in the community, help others, and feel safer at home, at school, and in their neighborhood.

Some of the most important things we learn whilst growing are the four 'Positive Identity Assets' - personal power, self-esteem, sense of purpose, and a positive view of the future. Proud to be You is packed full of stories, tips, and ideas that provide youngsters with the skills and confidence they need to feel good about themselves and be optimistic about what the future holds.

Everyone procrastinates, but it's never too late (or too soon) for kids to learn how to get stuff done, get organized, get control of their schedules, and just get started.