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The Book of Knowing by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
Written in an accessible and humorous style, this book teaches you to know what's going on in your mind and how to get your feelings under control. It'll help you adapt and feel better about your place in the world. Psychologist Gwendoline Smith uses her broad scientific knowledge and experience to expl ...Show more
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry
$26.00 NZD
Category: Teens
The non-fiction phenomenon of the year and #1 Sunday Times bestseller by leading psychotherapist, broadcaster and agony aunt, Philippa Perry. Perry's unique take on the relationship between parents and children became an instant favourite of both. In this paperback edition, she encloses an exclusive ad ...Show more
Things They Don't Want You to Know - Eleven Lessons for Raising a 21st-Century Teenager by Ben Brooks
$35.00 NZD
Category: Teens
A GUIDE TO TEENAGERS FROM THIS CENTURY - FOR PARENTS FROM THE LAST CENTURY Written from a teenager's perspective, this is a unique field guide for parents about the secret lives of 21st century adolescents - from mental health to self-harm, from drugs to sexting - and how you can help them and yourself ...Show more
Teen Brain: Why screens are making your teenager depressed by David Gillespie
$38.00 NZD
Category: Teens
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 wha ...Show more
Helping Your Anxious Teen: Positive Parenting Strategies to Help Your Teen Beat Fear, Stress, and Worry by Sheila A. Josephs, PhD
$40.00 NZD
Category: Depression & Stress
Parenting a teen is tough work, but parenting a teen with anxiety is especially challenging. Written by a psychologist and expert on adolescent anxiety, this essential book will show you how your own behavior can either help or exacerbate your teen's anxiety, and outlines specific skills you can use to ...Show more
Skip the Drama: Practical, Get-Ahead Strategies to Survive Your Daughter's Teenage Years by Sarah Hughes
$35.00 NZD
Category: Teens
Parenting can be tough, and the teenage years are usually considered the most challenging, but clinical psychologist Dr Sarah Hughes is here to help. In Skip the Drama, she offers simple, straightforward strategies for dealing with everything from selfishness and managing excessive phone use to eating ...Show more
Confident Teens: How to Raise a Positive, Confident and Happy Teenager by Gael Lindenfield
$32.00 NZD
Category: Teens
With illuminating case histories and wise words from other parents and writers, Confident Teens suggests ways to communicate successfully with an often uncommunicative teenager. Psychotherapist Gael Lindenfield aims to build confidence in both parent and teenager through such advice as: listen three ...Show more
Helping Your Troubled Teen: Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today's Teens by Cynthia Kaplan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Drugs & Alcohol
Destructive trends among today's youth are growing. The primary four self-destructive behaviours in adolescence today are excessive alcohol and substance abuse, promiscuity, self mutilation (ie: cutting and burning), and eating disorders. These are covered in detail, along with other issues like Interne ...Show more
Young People in Love and in Hate by Nick Luxmoore
$35.00 NZD
$35.95 (2% off)
Category: Teens
This book is about boyfriends and girlfriends - getting them, keeping them and moving on from them. Young people put enormous energy into these processes: they worry, they hope, they conspire and they cry because, in a sense, having a boyfriend or girlfriend is about much more than just having a boyfrie ...Show more
Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth R. Ginsburg
$35.00 NZD
Category: Child Care
Confronting the overwhelming amount of stress kids face today, this invaluable guide offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension. The handbook acknowledges that adolescents commonly survi ...Show more
You and Your Adolescent: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 by Laurence Steinberg, PH.D.
$40.00 NZD
Category: Teens
One of the foremost authorities on adolescence provides parents with an authoritative, reassuring guidebook to this challenging period of development. Relax! The horror stories you have heard about adolescence are false. This is Dr. Laurence Steinberg s reassuring message to parents in this newly revis ...Show more
Drug Conversation: How to talk to your child about drugs by Owen Bowden-Jones
$50.00 NZD
Category: Teens
This is a book for parents about how to raise the thorny issue of drugs with their teenage children. Drugs have never been more available and your child is almost certain to come across them at some point, often with little idea of the risks. We need to talk with our children about drugs - talking befor ...Show more