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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Child care & upbringing > Adolescent children

Teen Brain (Paperback): David Gillespie Teen Brain (Paperback)
David Gillespie
R330 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From Australia's most trusted non-fiction researcher and author comes the book that every parent needs to read.

With their labile and rapidly developing brains, adolescents are particularly susceptible to addiction, and addiction leads to anxiety and depression. What few parents will know is that what we think of as the most typical addictions and problematic teen behaviours - smoking, drinking, drug-taking, sex leading to teenage pregnancy - are on the decline. The bad news is that a whole raft of addictions has taken their place. Whereas once the dopamine-hungry brain of a teenager got its fix from smoking a joint or sculling a Bundy and coke, it is now turning to electronic devices for the pleasure jolt that typically comes from playing online games (if you're a boy) and engaging with social media (if you're a girl).

What is even more troubling is that, unlike drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, electronic devices are not illicit. Quite the contrary. They are liberally distributed by schools and parents, with few restrictions placed on their use.

However, all is not lost. In Teen Brain, David sets out clear, reasonable and effective rules to help you confidently manage your kids' use of screens at this critical point in their lives.

Bounce - How To Raise Resilient Kids And Teens (Paperback): Naomi Holdt Bounce - How To Raise Resilient Kids And Teens (Paperback)
Naomi Holdt 1
R350 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Bounce: How to Raise Resilient Kids and Teens is an easy-to-read, effective guide that can make an immediate difference to your parenting approach and your relationship with your children.

Based on years of experience as a parent and a parenting expert, it provides accessible information and advice, thoughtprovoking exercises and proven techniques. It explores issues that impact us all, including:

  • What is resilience?
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Building resilience in our children by working on our own resilience
  • Boundaries and gentle parenting
  • Helping children through grief
  • Parenting the anxious child
  • Tips for divorced parents
  • Childhood depression
  • Highly sensitive children and resilience

Bounce will help you tackle this messy and beautiful journey of life and parenting in a very human way.

Raising Mentally Strong Kids - How To Combine The Power Of Neuroscience With Love And Logic To Grow Confident, Kind,... Raising Mentally Strong Kids - How To Combine The Power Of Neuroscience With Love And Logic To Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, And Resilient Children And Young Adults (Hardcover)
Daniel G. Amen, Charles Fay
R727 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R77 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Parenting is about to get easier--and a whole lot more effective…

In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.

#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what’s missing from most parenting books. It’s the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans.

In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being:

  • Responsible, confident, kind, and resilient
  • Better prepared to make good decisions
  • More focused and motivated
  • Better able to have healthy relationships, and more

Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you've always dreamed you could be―and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.

Positive Discipline - The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and... Positive Discipline - The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
Jane Nelsen
R492 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition.

The key to positive discipline is not punishment, she tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any child–from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager–can learn creative cooperation and self-discipline with no loss of dignity. Inside you’ll discover how to:

  • bridge communication gaps
  • defuse power struggles
  • avoid the dangers of praise
  • enforce your message of love
  • build on strengths, not weaknesses
  • hold children accountable with their self-respect intact
  • teach children not what to think but how to think
  • win cooperation at home and at school
  • meet the special challenge of teen misbehavior

Millions of children have already benefited from the counsel in this wise and warmhearted book, which features dozens of true stories of positive discipline in action. Give your child the tools he or she needs for a well-adjusted life with this proven treasure trove of practical advice.

The Anxious Generation - How The Great Rewiring Of Childhood Caused An Epidemic Of Mental Illness (Hardcover): Jonathan Haidt The Anxious Generation - How The Great Rewiring Of Childhood Caused An Epidemic Of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
Jonathan Haidt
R743 R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Save R142 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.

Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.

Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children—and ourselves—from the psychological damage of a phone-based life.

Fat Talk - Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture (Paperback): Virginia Sole-Smith Fat Talk - Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture (Paperback)
Virginia Sole-Smith
R527 R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now with new material, including a new foreword by Kate Manne, a reading guide, and an afterword from the author.

By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that “fat” is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do?

Kids learn, as we’ve all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren’t. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We’ve fought the “war on obesity” for over forty years and Americans aren’t thinner or happier with their bodies. But it’s not our kids―or their weight―who need fixing.

In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school, sports, doctors, diet culture, and parents themselves―and offers strategies for how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth.

Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture, and empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith draws on her extensive reporting and interviews with dozens of parents and kids to offer a provocative new approach for thinking about food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world.

The Preteen's First Book About Love, Sex, and AIDS (Hardcover): Michelle Harrison The Preteen's First Book About Love, Sex, and AIDS (Hardcover)
Michelle Harrison; Illustrated by Lynn Beckstrom
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Who will love me& #63; Is sex the same as love& #63; Who can I trust& #63;

These are just some of the questions that preteens often ask& mdash;hard questions that parents do not always feel comfortable answering. Whether the topic is love, sex, pregnancy, AIDS, masturbation, dating, homosexuality, or sexual abuse, Dr. Michelle Harrison gives preteens the information that they need to make intelligent, responsible choices.

Dr. Harrison stresses that finding out what is best for oneself is the best way to grow up. She aims to help preteens believe in themselves and face the sometimes difficult choices presented to them in today& rsquo;s world of media influence, drugs, and sexually transmitted diseases. She speaks to preteens in their own language about what it means to be in love, to confront sexuality, and to act responsibly, hoping to set the preteen on the right path toward a loving and fulfilling adolescence and adulthood.

Sensitively illustrated by noted illustrator Lynn Beckstrom, "The Preteen& rsquo;s First Book About Love, Sex, and AIDS" is a book for parents to share with their children & mdash; a book that can bridge the gap between the best efforts of a parent and the peer pressure of the schoolyard.

Kinders moet grense he - Doeltreffende dissipline sonder straf (Afrikaans, Paperback): Anne Cawood Kinders moet grense he - Doeltreffende dissipline sonder straf (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Anne Cawood
R75 R70 Discovery Miles 700 Save R5 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Elke kind is by tye moeilik - uitdagend, uitputtend, irriterend en rebels. Dis ons taak as volwassenes om hulle reg te hanteer as ons gelukkige, selfversekerde kinders wil grootmaak. Wyse raad en duidelike voorbeelde vir die hantering van verskeie gedragsprobleme en uitdagings wat ouers ondervind. Hoofstukke oor spesifieke knelpunte soos twis tussen kinders, enkel- en stiefouerskap, geskeide ouers, kinders met spesiale behoeftes, en dissipline in die klaskamer. Wenke spesifiek vir oupas en oumas.

All about Mom and Me - A Journal for Mothers and Sons (Hardcover): Rockridge Press All about Mom and Me - A Journal for Mothers and Sons (Hardcover)
Rockridge Press
R667 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unlocking the Teenage Brain - Helping Parents Understand and Support Their Teenager (Paperback): Kimberly Hinman Unlocking the Teenage Brain - Helping Parents Understand and Support Their Teenager (Paperback)
Kimberly Hinman
R305 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R17 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Choosing Our Future (Paperback): Annette Weinerman Choosing Our Future (Paperback)
Annette Weinerman
R369 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R24 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Disengaged Teen - Helping Kids Learn Better, Live Better And Feel Better (Paperback): Jenny Anderson, Rebecca Winthrop The Disengaged Teen - Helping Kids Learn Better, Live Better And Feel Better (Paperback)
Jenny Anderson, Rebecca Winthrop
R430 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From highly influential experts in education and based on research with over 60,000 students, this book comes highly recommended from some the biggest thinkers in personal development today. A powerful new approach to help your teen move from disengagement to drive.

Adolescents are hardwired to explore and grow, and learning is mainly how they do this. But a shocking majority of teens are disengaged from school, simultaneously bored and overwhelmed. As parents, we can feel powerless and don’t know how to help – until now.

Based on five years of research into why children lose their love of learning, award-winning journalist Jenny Anderson and the Brookings Institution’s global education expert Rebecca Winthrop have created a transformative model that every parent, carer and educator needs to know about.

Identifying four modes of learning that every student goes through – resister, passenger, achiever and explorer – you’ll find out why understanding what these are is crucial to your child’s development and how you can coach them to become a curious, resilient and motivated learner.

With stories from children who have used the tools in this book to become life-long learners, and with clear strategies on how to become your child’s best cheerleader, this book is essential reading for everyone who wants to help young people thrive.

Parenting Teen Boys - A Positive Parenting Approach to Raising Healthy, Independent Sons (Paperback): Marissa Garcia Soria Parenting Teen Boys - A Positive Parenting Approach to Raising Healthy, Independent Sons (Paperback)
Marissa Garcia Soria
R377 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes - Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting--from Tots to Teens (Paperback):... How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes - Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting--from Tots to Teens (Paperback)
Melinda Wenner Moyer
R492 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen - Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood... How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen - Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood (Paperback)
Joanna Faber, Julie King
R539 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R34 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Untangled - Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (Paperback, Main): Lisa Damour Untangled - Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (Paperback, Main)
Lisa Damour 1
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An award-winning guide to the sometimes erratic and confusing behavior of teenage girls. Dr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!

In this sane, highly engaging, and informed guide for parents of daughters, Dr. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven distinct—and absolutely normal—developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups, including Parting with Childhood, Contending with Adult Authority, Entering the Romantic World, and Caring for Herself.

Providing realistic scenarios and welcome advice on how to engage daughters in smart, constructive ways, Untangled gives parents a broad framework for understanding their daughters while addressing their most common questions, including

  • My thirteen-year-old rolls her eyes when I try to talk to her, and only does it more when I get angry with her about it. How should I respond?
  • Do I tell my teen daughter that I’m checking her phone?
  • My daughter suffers from test anxiety. What can I do to help her?
  • Where’s the line between healthy eating and having an eating disorder?
  • My teenage daughter wants to know why I’m against pot when it’s legal in some states. What should I say?
  • • My daughter’s friend is cutting herself. Do I call the girl’s mother to let her know?

Perhaps most important, Untangled helps mothers and fathers understand, connect, and grow with their daughters. When parents know what makes their daughter tick, they can embrace and enjoy the challenge of raising a healthy, happy young woman.

In the Beginning (Hardcover): Ameara In the Beginning (Hardcover)
Ameara
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Parenting with Influence - Shifting Your Parenting Style as You and Your Child Grow (Hardcover): Roger Smith Parenting with Influence - Shifting Your Parenting Style as You and Your Child Grow (Hardcover)
Roger Smith
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
You and Your Adolescent - The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 (Paperback, New, Revised ed.): Laurence Steinberg You and Your Adolescent - The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 (Paperback, New, Revised ed.)
Laurence Steinberg
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Relax The horror stories you have heard about adolescence are false."
This is Dr. Laurence Steinberg's reassuring message to parents in this newly revised edition of his classic book "You and Your Adolescent," which "Publishers Weekly "says is "filled with solid advice for the parents of adolescents." Among the new topics in this updated edition:
* An expanded definition of adolescence to age 25, recognizing that college graduates often remain dependent on their parents for an extended period, creating a new parent-child dynamic
* A discussion of social media that addresses whether parents of preteens and young teens should monitor use of these new communication tools
* What new research into the adolescent brain tells us about teenage behavior
As Dr. Steinberg writes, "Most books written for parents of teenagers were survival guides (many still are). Nowadays, adolescence is too long--15 years in some families--for mere survival. Knowledge, not fortitude, is what today's parents need. That's where this book comes in."

The Missing Scott Chronicles (Hardcover): Janie Murray Gordon The Missing Scott Chronicles (Hardcover)
Janie Murray Gordon
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beginners Guide To Raising A Highly Sensitive Child - A Definitive Guide For Parents Of Highly Sensitive Children To Understand... Beginners Guide To Raising A Highly Sensitive Child - A Definitive Guide For Parents Of Highly Sensitive Children To Understand Them Better, And Raise Good, Happy, And Emotionally Intelligent Kids (Hardcover)
Kyla Foster
R801 R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Save R106 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Raising A Highly Sensitive Child - A Complete Beginners Guide To Help Our Exceptionally Persistent Kids Flourish Including Tips... Raising A Highly Sensitive Child - A Complete Beginners Guide To Help Our Exceptionally Persistent Kids Flourish Including Tips And Tricks Talk To Kids And Empower Them To Believe In Themselves (Hardcover)
Kyla Foster
R803 R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Raising A Highly Sensitive Child Guidebook - A Comprehensive Guide To Parenting Strategies To Nurture Your Child's Gift... Raising A Highly Sensitive Child Guidebook - A Comprehensive Guide To Parenting Strategies To Nurture Your Child's Gift And Unlock The Full Potential Of Your Child's Gift And Thrive In An Overwhelming World (Hardcover)
Kyla Foster
R803 R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Become the Hero of Your Own Story - 52 Tips to Teach Today's Teens (Hardcover): Elysia Butler Become the Hero of Your Own Story - 52 Tips to Teach Today's Teens (Hardcover)
Elysia Butler
R524 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In the Deepest of Pain God Dies - Awaken the Lion in This Cub! (Hardcover): Clairon T Hall In the Deepest of Pain God Dies - Awaken the Lion in This Cub! (Hardcover)
Clairon T Hall
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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