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  • How to Have Incredible Conversations with your Child: A book for parents, carers and children to use together. A place to make conversation. A way to build your relationship

    How to Have Incredible Conversations with your Child: A book for parents, carers and children to use together. A place to make conversation. A way to build your relationship

    by Jane Gilmour, Bettina Hohnen

    You: "How was your day?" Your child: "Fine." As a parent, you want to know what is going on in your child's life, how school and friendships are going, if they're feeling okay. As a kid you want to tell your parent what's going on, but it can be hard to find the words. This book is brilliant because it makes finding those words easy, and you discover incredible stuff about each other. How exactly do you make it happen? This accessible guide answers the million-dollar question by steering...

  • Incredible Teenage Brain: Everything You Need to Know to Unlock Your Teen's Potential

    Incredible Teenage Brain: Everything You Need to Know to Unlock Your Teen's Potential

    by Bettina Hohnen, Jane Gilmour

    Written by a team of leading clinical psychologists, this straightforward book walks the reader through the workings of the teenage brain. Pulling together the latest research, from brain imaging techniques to studies of teen behaviour, the authors provide an invaluable framework for parents, teachers and professionals to understand how teenagers learn. Uniquely, the authors provide a manual with clear strategies for what to do to support teens based on findings from neuroscience and psychology. They show that good relationships and communication are the bedrocks of supporting teens to develop, learn and...

  • Learned Optimism

    Learned Optimism

    by Martin Seligman

    Learned Optimism shows us how to stop automatically assuming guilt, how to get out of the habit of seeing the direst possible implications in every setback, and how to be optimistic. With concrete examples, Dr Seligman documents the effects of optimism on the quality of life, provides tests to determine the degree of our negative and positive orientation, and offers a program of specific exercises to help break the habit of pessimism and learn the habit of optimism for both ourselves and our children. *Learn how to:* Recognize your...

  • Life Changing Secrets Never Taught At School

    Life Changing Secrets Never Taught At School

    by Roe Teed

    *No refund on this item: Was: $21.75* *Reduced by 20% - Now $17.40* Our actions today, as parents or carers, impact not only our children’s lives but generations to follow. Life Changing Secrets Never Taught At School is a powerful reminder of the importance of being a parent, rather than a friend, in your children’s lives so that they grow to be happy, secure and confident. Through heart-warming true stories, exercises and practical tips, Roe Teed unravels in this remarkable book information which is beneficial and life-changing for parents and carers alike. By...

  • Life Story Books for Adopted Children: A Family Friendly Approach

    Life Story Books for Adopted Children: A Family Friendly Approach

    by Joy Rees

    Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other 'little treasures', a Life Storybook provides a detailed account of the child's early history and a chronology of their life.  This clear and concise book shows a new family-friendly way to compile a Life Storybook that promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachments within the adoptive family. Joy Rees' improved model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child's sense of belonging and security within the adoptive family before addressing the child's past and early trauma. The...

  • My First Book of Mindfulness

    My First Book of Mindfulness

    by Sunita Rai

    *Enhance your child’s social emotional health through mindfulness, art and home experiments* All parents want their child to be happy and make a positive impact on the world. Children learn to be agile and resilient, developing their academic and life skills as well as emotional well-being as they grow. A child depends a lot on their parents and teachers for guidance so they can understand and manage their emotions, as well as set and achieve positive goals. Though not often expressed, all this learning is actually an important aspect...

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