Raising Boys!: Shaping Ordinary Boys Into Extraordinary Men

Beausay II, William

Raising boys is different from raising girls. And William Beausay's Boys! will help you give your son a strong start in life. With down-to-earth wisdom, Beausay teaches you to appreciate your son's special qualities, expand his creativity, and encourage his dreams. This one-of-a-kind parenting manual helps you navigate the challenges of raising boys to manhood. You can help your boy kindle a courage that cannot be extinguished by any defeat. You can help your boy grow into a man who is extraordinary by any standard.

The Secret of Happy Children

Biddulph, Steve

Our first and best known book worldwide, The Secret of Happy Children arose out of Steve's first five years working with families in Launceston, a working town in Northern Tasmania. He found that loving and involved parents nonetheless were often trapped in negative parenting styles, putting their children down and lacking an understanding that everything you say and do with children shapes the person they will be.

More Secrets of Happy Children

Biddulph, Steve

A highly practical book that puts into practice the values and ideas in The Secret of Happy Children. It teaches the 'stand and think' method of getting toddlers to co-operate without needing to hit or yell (much!), and also was the first book worldwide to really ask the hard questions about putting very young children in childcare. It makes a well researched and passionate plea for more time and less hurry in parenting young children, and also gives a simple and powerful self-assessment quiz for understanding your strengths and weaknesses.

How to Really Love Your Child

Campbell, D. Ross

Many parents would be dismayed to discover that their child feels unloved. After all, they make sure that their child has the things they need. They attend their child's school events. They buy their child the things they want. So why is it then that most children doubt that they are genuinely and unconditionally loved? In this best-selling book, written from a biblical perspective, Dr. D. Ross Campbell reveals the emotional needs of a child and provides parents with the skill and techniques that can begin to help make your child feel truly loved and accepted. You'll learn to really love your child through every situation of child rearing from physical touch to discipline and from affirmation to spiritual nurture.

How to Really Love Your Angry Child

Campbell, D. Ross and Suggs, Rob

Few things in life are as important as raising our children. But sometimes, even when you do your best, you find that you need help addressing your child's anger - and, as a result, your own anger. If this is your situation - there is real cause for hope! In this breakthrough book, written to a faith-based audience, Dr. D. Ross Campbell helps both you and your child deal with this little understood emotion. You'll learn the stages of a child's life and how anger manifests itself at each juncture. And you'll learn the practical steps to take when you face it in your home.

The Five Love Languages of Children

Chapman, Gary and Ross Campbell

Loving our children isn't always enough. Learning to speak their love language communicates your love in ways they'll understand right from the start. Unconditional love is something all children can understand. And The Five Love Languages of Children can help you make your child feel secure, loved and more willing and open to interact with you and your family.

Boundaries with Kids

Cloud, Dr. Henry and Dr. John Townsend

This book is a gold mine of practical information on realising responsible, self-controlled and emotionally healthy children. It is for parents with children of any age.

Playful Parenting

Cohen, Lawrence J.

Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is children's way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That's why Playful Parenting is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children.

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander

Coloroso, Barbara

It's a deadly triad: bullies who terrorise, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, participate, or look away, and adults who dismiss the incidents as a normal part of childhood. Drawing on her decades of work with youth, this practical book by best-selling parenting educator Barbara Coloroso explains: The three kinds of bullying, Four abilities to protect your child, Seven steps to take if your child is a bully, How to heal a bullied child and discipline a bully, How to evaluate a school's anti-bullying policy.

Kids are worth it!

Coloroso, Barbara

This guide rejects 'quick-fix' solutions and focuses on helping kids develop their own self-discipline by owning up to their mistakes, thinking through solutions, and correcting their misdeeds while leaving their dignity intact. Barbara Coloroso shows these principles in action through dozens of examples - from sibling rivalry to teenage rebellion; from common misbehaviours to substance abuse and antisocial behaviour. She also explains how to parent strong-willed children, effective alternative time-outs, bribes and threats, and how to help kids resolve disputes and serious injustices such as bullying.

Conversation starters for parents and kids

Crosby, Robert C.

All of us want to communicate better with our kids, but we don't always know how or where to begin. Perhaps all you need are a few great questions to get you started. This book gives you simple question-asking techniques to help you talk with your children. Hundreds of age-appropriate questions are provided to help you interact with your pre-schoolers, grade-schoolers, and teenagers. You'll be amazed how asking thoughtful and considerate questions will impact the quality of your relationship with your children. And they will learn communication lessons to last a lifetime.

Strengthening Your Stepfamily

Einstein, Elizabeth & Albert, Linda

Stepfamilies are different! The rules that govern traditional families don't necessarily apply, and each stepfamily must create its own standards for success. This workbook provides a 'trail map' for successful stepfamilies, prepared by expert authors with decades of experience as stepfamily counsellors and consultants, acclaimed writers, and step-parents themselves. The result is a clear, down-to-earth, authorative help for stepfamily relationships and parenting in the 'jigsaw puzzle family'. You'll find help here for almost any challenge you'll confront in stepfamily living: overcoming unrealistic expectations, debunking myths, decision making, building effective communication, establishing sound discipline, handling stepsibling rivalry, working with non-custodial parents...and more.

On Becoming Preteen Wise

Ezzo, Gary and Anne Marie

Co-authored by paediatrician Robert Bucknam, M.D. and Gary Ezzo. This book covers the pre-adolescent years (8-12). It offers clear strategies for parenting pre-adolescent children, including insulating them from harmful peer pressure, guiding them through the physical changes that occur in these years, encouraging harmony at home, and building future friendships with grown children. This book corresponds loosely to the information taught in the Middle Years video series, or "Let the Children Come Along the Middle Years Way."

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen

Faber, Adele & Mazlish, Elaine

Here is the book that will give you the know-how you need to be effective with your children. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

When a Friend Dies

Gootman, Marilyn E.

If you are grieving the death of a friend, do something for yourself. Take the time to read this book. It isn't very long - there aren't a lot of words - but you may find the help you need to cope with your sadness and begin to heal. Author Marilyn Gootman has seen her own children suffer from the death of a friend, and she knows what teenagers go through when another teen dies. Let her genuine understanding, gentle advice, and compassionate wisdom guide you through the next few days, weeks, or months.

Growing Great Boys

Grant, Ian

There is no doubt that parenting sons is a special challenge in today's fast-paced, media-driven world. In Growing Great Boys, parenting guru Ian Grant shows how to work with the essential character of boys, using understanding and emotional support to raise loyal, hard-working, sensitive, funny, fearless and strong men.

Growing Great Girls

Grant, Ian and Mary

Growing Great Girls is the must-have parenting book for those with daughters. It contains a wealth of excellent, practical advice on bringing up girls, from babies, pre-schoolers, tweens and right through to teenagers. Parenting gurus Ian and Mary Grant show you how to raise self-assured, optimistic, adventurous, generous, strong and loving women.

Oh Brother! : Growing up with a special needs sibling

Hale, Natalie

Being the brother or sister of a child with special needs has special challenges. And Becca has some great ideas for dealing with them - after she accepts that she can't send her brother Jonathan to another planet! In this helpful book based on the experiences of a real-life family, Becca discusses finding the right kind of friends, getting quality time with parents, caring about a special needs sibling without becoming another parent, and much more. Told with both humour and honesty, Becca's story - and her kid-tested solutions - are an inspiration to special families everywhere.

Manners Matter

Hartley, Hermine

The votes are in. Studies show that we're in agreement - Americans have established an impersonal and inconsiderate culture. Beyond the behaviour of poorly-trained children, adults seem to be living the Golden Rule backwards - as if we should "Do to others, before they do it to you!" Where society needs kindness and consideration, too often we find only more bad manners. In this timely and easy-to-read book, author Hermine Hartley offers real-life advice on the importance of respect in our modern, high-tech, fast-paced society.

After the Suicide of someone you know

Hendry, Tricia & Hirsh, Leora

Any kind of death is difficult. A suicide death is sudden and really tough to handle. It leaves people with lots of questions that are difficult and often impossible to answer. It can leave people with great frustrations and many 'if only' feelings. A death by suicide will have a big impact on close family and friends, but also others who knew the person less well.

Spiritual Milestones

Ledbetter & Weidmann

You and your family can embark on this incredible journey - a journey that marks seven of the significant spiritual passages your child will experience during his or her most impressionable years. This comprehensive and practical guide for parents will help you develop a personal and intentional plan for celebrating each of the spiritual markers.

Of course I love you…NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM

Levy, Diane

You will find practical information on how to deal with tantrums, sibling disputes, bullying, hitting, teasing, biting, verbal abuse and other unnecessary habits our children seem to adopt. There are strategies for sleep patterns, eating habits, shyness, successful toilet training, promoting problem-solving skills and setting our teens up to become wise planners.

Time out for tots, teens and everyone in between

Levy, Diane

Diane explains how to use the vital parenting tool of Effective Time Out with children of all ages. Emotional support and limit-setting are central to the understanding and effective use of Time Out. As parents, we need to respect and support our children's feelings. In addition, we need to set suitable boundaries and expectations so that our children can safely develop into self-disciplined adults.

Bullies are a pain in the brain

Romain, Trevor

If you're sick of being picked on, pushed around, threatened, or teased, this book is for you. Author Trevor Romain understands what a pain bullies are. And he knows how you can become bully-proof. As you laugh along with Trevor's jokes and cartoons, you'll learn tried and true ways to deal with bullies.

The Optimistic Child

Seligman, Martin E. P.

The Optimistic Child offers parents, teachers and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health.

"You can't make me" [but I can be persuaded]

Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich

Every day, thousands of families live in a constant state of turmoil because of ill-behaved, defiant, strong-willed children. Yet these 'difficult' children also possess firm convictions, high spirits and a sense of adventure - all the makings of a great adult. Strong-willed children have the power, drive and talent to change the world - if only someone could teach them how to use their strength in positive ways. It is possible, and this book will show you how.

A Volcano in My Tummy

Whitehouse, Elaine & Pudney, Warwick

A Volcano in My Tummy is about helping 6 to 15 year olds handle their anger so that they can live successfully, healthily, happily and non-violently, with motivation, without fear and with good relationships. An accessible resource book for teachers, parents and all who care for children, it is full of stories, and easy-to-use games and exercises designed to help encourage children to see their anger and to deal constructively with it.

What About the Kids?

The Dougy Center

This guidebook has been developed by the Dougy Center to help parents and caregivers support their children before, during and after a funeral or memorial service.

35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child

The Dougy Center

This guidebook presents 35 simple and practical suggestions for supporting a grieving child. Drawn from stories, suggestions and insight shared by children and their family members at the Dougy Center, this book explores behaviours and reactions of children at different ages and maturity levels; outlets for children to safely express their thoughts and feelings; and ways to be supportive during difficult times, such as a memorial service, anniversary or holiday.