Pregnancy & Parenthood

'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept' is a beautifully illustrated children's picture book that sensitively broaches the subject of keeping children safe from inappropriate touch. We teach water and road safety, but how do we teach Body Safety to young children in a way that is neither frightening nor confronting? This book is an invaluable tool for parents, caregivers, teachers and healthcare professionals to broach the subject of safe and unsafe touch in a non-threatening and age-appropriate way. The comprehensive notes to the reader and discussion questions at the back of the book support both the reader and the child when discussing the story. Suitable for children aged 3 to 12 years.Story is a great medium to discuss difficult topics. 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept' was written to ensure children are armed with knowledge if they are ever touched inappropriately; and from the first unsafe touch, a child will understand to tell a trusted adult and keep on telling until they are believed. It is an important book and one that all children need to hear. Forewarned is forearmed! This book is supported by free activities and child protection resources on our website. 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept' is available in 7 languages including English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and French.Body Safety Education (also known as protective behaviours or child sexual abuse prevention education) involves so much more than focusing on stranger danger. In fact, 95% of sexually abused children will know their abuser and only 5% will be strangers. It is also crucial for children to learn that they must never keep secrets that make them feel bad or uncomfortable (in fact, we teach it's best not to have secrets in families, only happy surprises). The trouble with secrets is that they are the main tool used by child molesters to ensure children remain silent about the abuse. Ensuring the secret is kept is of utmost importance to the perpetrator. Therefore, threats and insisting no-one will believe the child is used as a way of controlling the child to be silent. Through Body Safety Education parents and children will learn the importance of there being no secrets between us.Parents and carers need to be on the lookout for signs of sexual abuse in children and grooming behaviour which is often focused on themselves as well as their children. The answer to the question, 'How do I keep kids safe from sexual abuse?' is simple; teach them Body Safety Education from a very young age. Always use the correct names for their genitals, ensure they know that the parts covered by their swimsuit are known as their private parts, and that private means 'just for you', and consequently not for sharing. This is known as the swimsuit lesson. When you teach your child that 'your body belongs to you' you are empowering them with confidence through knowledge. Body Safety Education also involves teaching your child that no-one can touch their private parts, and if they do, they must tell a trusted adult until believed.Kids need to be safe as well as feel safe. Teaching a child that private means 'just for you' and that their private parts are found under their swimsuit is a valuable lesson that can prevent child molestation. Approximately 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. You can help stop child abuse by teaching social and physical boundaries to kids and that some parts are not for sharing. A child needs be able to proclaim loudly and with conviction that, 'My body belongs to me', 'I am the boss of my body' and that 'From my head to my toes, I say what goes'.

For all who couldn't get enough of Funeral Tea, we now offer this right bonny sequel. In Reunion, the same gaggle of ladies preside over Jacob's ashes, as Jacob has asked that they gather to drink his homemade wine and read his will. They learn that they all receive some compensation for reluctantly providing for him. All they have to do is find the money. When they can't read his writing and become increasingly drunk, it looks rather doubtful they'll find anything other than pink elephants. And don't forget to check out the third play in the series - Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust.

How do we encourage our kids towards healthy habits without promoting body obsession? For too long, parents have been given an impossible task: keep your kid from getting too fat, while making sure they love their body. In this practical and essential book, body-con?dence parenting coach Emma Wright uses current research to put an end to fights at the dinner table, and shows how you can teach your child or teen to step away from expectations that leave them anxious about food.Emma addresses the root causes of society's current obsession with healthy food and explores overlooked factors that impact on our kids' self-image. You'll learn how to: - Raise a competent eater without ?ghting with them- Talk about food and weight without damaging body image- Help your child to reject cultural pressure to be thin- Shut down habits that can lead to eating disorders- Let go of false and harmful assumptions about weightWith strategies to end power struggles and free yourself from fear and guilt as a parent, this book draws on groundbreaking evidence to make a powerful case for why - most of the time - doing less is more.

Fifteen million children in the United States have been diagnosed with dyslexia. This learning disability is a major challenge not only for the kids, but also for their parents, families, teachers, tutors and therapists. And yet, dyslexia doesn't have to be a disadvantage for kids - if the right tools are available. Parenting Dyslexia fills this critical need, providing prescriptive advice and concrete tips to drive educational and personal growth without any associated stigma. An easy-to-use, comprehensive reference book for anyone caring for a dyslexic child to use at all stages of development, Parenting Dyslexia effectively anticipates and addresses the psychosocial and academic issues that dyslexic learners are likely to face at different stages, including:* Cultivating varied skills to balance out classic deficits* Developing effective self-esteem and academic habits to help overcome age-specific hurdles* Establishing individual and family practices to prevent a child's feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression* Survival tools to navigate the predictable challenges a dyslexic learner will likely encounter* Nurturing independence as well as a child's ability to ask for help and become a strong self-advocateThe book provides an accessible roadmap of how to:* Move through the major hurdles of dyslexia.* Reassure children that not only can they survive dyslexia, but they can thrive using sound psychosocial and academic practices.* Avoid typical pitfalls of a well-intentioned campaign to push a child to succeed that can lead to frustration and resistance.* Unite family members to be part of the family 'team' to supply special support for their dyslexic learner.* Create an atmosphere of fun and humor to help everybody maintain perspective during stressful moments.Dr. Rappaport is not only an authority on the subject, but she also happens to be dyslexic herself. From her unique vantage point, she provides a relatable, sympathetic, and optimistic voice of personal experience to this sensitive topic. Grounded in science but written in non-technical language, Parenting Dyslexia offers a wealth of tried-and-true methods for supporting dyslexic learners of all ages.

Parenting an anxious child makes parents anxious. When your child feels anxiety, panic, worry or sadness, it makes you feel anxious, panicked, worried or sad too. If you are fearful or overwhelmed, it can be difficult to support your child, even though all you want to do is make them feel better.This book supplies parents with simple, practical steps to manage not only their child's anxiety but their own. When helping children with anxiety, it is crucial that the child feels the parent knows what they need and is capable of providing it. When parents experience feelings of inadequacy, the child senses this and it adds to the sensation of chaos and panic. Thus, parent and child are both stuck, both feel no-one is coming to the rescue - which is where this book provides a lifeline.Parents will learn what is going on in their child's brain and body when anxiety strikes. This book is full of practical advice and delivers clear spoken scripts for parents to follow during vital conversations supporting their anxious child. It also sets out hundreds of practical dynamic strategies to restore the child's happiness and security, all based on real cases studies taken from personal therapeutic casework with hundreds of children in the years since Covid.This book offers advice, reassurance and a helping hand, with a wide range options designed to fit each family's specific requirements, replenish confidence and put the positivity and pleasure back into parenting.

This thoughtful and practical guide offers parents expert advice on how to support their sensitive child through meltdowns, anxiety and other overwhelming emotions.

This book equips parents and mentors with practical tools to help girls and young women cultivate confidence, identity, and power while overcoming everyday challenges. By fostering a healthier culture where girls thrive, it paves the way for them to reshape the world they'll inherit and lead.

For fans of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking or David Sheff’s Beautiful Boy, this debut memoir about a mother grieving her young-adult son’s death is a must-read for any parent who has lost a child or whose child struggles with addiction. A luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear, and love never dies; this debut memoir from a mother grieving her young-adult son’s death is a must-read for any parent who has lost a child, is raising a child from the edge of their seat, or whose family struggles with addiction. When Sally’s twenty-one-year-old son died in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction. In this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while reflecting on her own childhood and family’s legacy of alcoholism. Sally shares insights about what it’s like to experience the emotional aftershocks of acute grief, filtered through the lens of her personal experience as a mother and her professional vantage point as a psychotherapist. Even if they have not been touched by loss in this way, readers may see themselves in Sally’s bittersweet illusion of trying to keep her son safe, in how she is challenged to let go of her fear, guilt, and regret in order to forgive herself, and in the ways grief teaches her about the power of love.

From Jimmy Kimmel Live! co-head writer Danny Ricker comes a self-help manifesto for parents on the brink of despair, guaranteed to help you reclaim the three things you lost when you had kids: your time, your money, and your mind.You used to be a person. A real one—with hobbies, expendable income, and sex that was at least semi-annual. But then you had kids, and the more you became a parent, the less you became yourself. You love your children deeply, but most days you feel like nothing more than a butler in sweatpants. That ends today. (Just the second part. You can still love your kids.)Wow, You Look Terrible! is a beacon of hope to beleaguered parents across the globe. The revolutionary child-rearing techniques within will teach you how to:Save money on soccer by having your child join a cultThrow your kid’s entire birthday party in 17 minutes flatGet shredded abs while pulling your toddler out of a bounce houseRid your life of the Easter Bunny once and for allAnd much, much more!With a foreword by late-night scamp Jimmy Kimmel, and brimming with perfect advice, harrowing tales, quizzes, charts, scams, schemes, swear words, and bold-faced lies that will tip the balance of power back in your favor, Wow, You Look Terrible! will make you a bona fide human again by setting you on the righteous path of parenting less and living more.

The definitive guide to baby-led weaning from the paediatric professionals trusted by millions of parents around the world. Led by a multidisciplinary team of Board-certified paediatric feeding professionals, Solid Starts has debunked the myth that 'baby food' is necessary and transformed the way that millions of parents around the world feed their babies. Now, with their debut book, you can follow their research-backed advice to wean your baby on the food that you eat - with some simple safety modifications. Introducing solid foods can be both exciting and intimidating, especially for first-time parents but what is more delightful than watching the face of a baby who has been given a taste of something they find delicious?In this book you will learn:· How cultivating curiosity and building trust at the table is just as important as the food· How letting baby grab, hold and eat food on their own can decrease the risk of choking· How sharing foods you like has nutritional, developmental, and psychological benefits· Techniques and guidance for each development window, from 4months to early toddlerhood· The latest evidence on choking, safety, food allergens, nutrition, and infant feedingWhether you're new to weaning or you want to try a different approach, Solid Starts for Babies is guaranteed to give you the confidence to share your meals and foster healthy eating habits that will set your baby up for a lifetime of mealtime joy.

For any parent who has ever struggled with a child’s difficult or peculiar behavior, this candid and compelling memoir about raising a child on the spectrum offers reassurance that you are not alone—and a path forward is possible.When your child is diagnosed with autism, a million questions come to the surface and fear sets in. The discovery that they are high functioning comes as a relief—it may enable them to disguise their shortcomings. Or it may create additional problems. Barely Visible is not a heroic tale of a champion parent. It’s a candid memoir of one mother’s struggle with the gray space between her son appearing one way on the surface, yet being quite different beneath it. Walking that fi ne line between when to say something and when to bite your tongue, hoping your child can handle life on his own, requires tremendous foresight and energy. How do you convince others to “cut your child some slack” when the kid they see looks like every other kid they know? How do you explain away behavior that, at face value, looks like the result of bad parenting? And how do you prevent others from discriminating against your child once you do disclose their disability? Chronicling a journey spanning twenty-three years, Barely Visible is a mother’s admission of guilt, for choosing to ignore her son’s diagnosis initially; acceptance of defeat, for rarely knowing the right thing to do; and an acknowledgment of love—not only for her son, but also for herself.

This record from the 1980s offers useful historical comparisons with today's paediatric cardiac services in both the remarkable progress over nearly 40 years and the continuing concerns.

Not a Survival Guide is your straight taking parenting companion, guiding you through the transition from childhood to teenage years, one conversation at a time.  You will find moments of comfort, practical approaches to support your journey and (eeep) some home truths.  Offering insight and a sense of community, during what can be a challenging few years, Not a survival Guide combines personal experiences and expert advice, with real life scenarios and accessible analogies.  Carefully crafted to help you make the right choices for your family, encourage healthy conversations with your teen and offer support when it all feels a bit too much.  Note from the author; This book is not a survival guide. I do not believe that teenage years are there to be 'survived". They are there to be lived and loved, just like the other stages of parenting that you have already passed through and those you have to come. I am not insinuating it will be an easy ride, but maybe that's part of the fun of it? Failing that, at least within the pages of this book, we are all in it together.

Are you ready to show your bladder WHO'S BOSS?The pelvic floor is often overlooked, misunderstood or even considered taboo-so let's talk about it! Focusing on your pelvic floor can be the solution for tons of symptoms like lower back pain, peeing when you sneeze, finding it hard to have a bowel movement, pain during sex and more. In this comprehensive guide for people with any anatomy, pelvic floor expert Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas will finally answer the age-old question "Should I be doing Kegels?" and more importantly, empower anyone to heal and prevent pelvic issues at home. Pelvic problems are common, but they don't have to be your normal! With easy, everyday practices, hacks and exercises, you'll learn how to:¿ Determine whether your pelvic floor is weak or tense-then learn how to strengthen or relax it. ¿ Discover the root of chronic pelvic pain and build your toolbox of exercises and massages tailored to your needs. ¿ Train your bladder and literally "get your sh*t together" for regular and painless exit strategies. By following Alicia's approachable, step-by-step instructions, you'll be on your way to smooth poops, no leaks, sex that actually feels good and a pain-free pelvis. Especially useful for postpartum healing and aging with confidence and continence, this handbook is an essential tool to show some love to a vital part of your body.