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Were you ever told 'you can't have dessert until you eat all your vegetables?' Or to 'be grateful for your meal'? Or perhaps you yourself have said 'Mummy's on a diet so she can't eat that' or 'Daddy is fat, you don't want to be like him'. We may not realise, but we are constantly communicating our thoughts on food to our children. As we continue to navigate complex mealtimes, picky eating, emotions and tantrums as well as puberty, diet culture, body image and eating disorders - now more than ever, we need to change the way we communicate about food to our children and ourselves. So how do we help children develop and nurture a healthy relationship with food?Clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist Dr Anna Colton guides you through a judgement- and shame-free journey from pregnancy to a child's adolescence with accessible scientific and psychological understandings. She shows you how you've formed your relationship with food and gives you the practical, evidence-based tools to instil a positive relationship with eating in your children. How to Talk to Children About Food will help you to:· Understand how you developed your relationship with food· Recognise how your eating behaviours and beliefs get passed on to children· Learn the developmental stages of eating and gain the tools to support them through the ages· Navigate and manage complex food feelings without anxiety, anger or distress· Identify eating disorder behaviours and know when to intervene· Break negative eating cycles and patterns· Build a positive relationship between food and your child/teen's body· Have calm, happy and fuss-free mealtimes for everyone.

This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer-parenting, embodied dramaturgy, cultural practice, and immigration.

The positive, solutions-focused guide to forming a blended family

Delve into the ideal resource for theory and research on parental monitoring and adolescents' disclosure and concealment from parents. This handbook presents ground-breaking research exploring how adolescents respond to parents' attempts to control and manage their activities and feelings. The chapters highlight how adolescents' responses are as important for their mental health and behaviour as parents' attempts to regulate them. Examining responsive, intrusive, and invasive parenting behaviours, the volume addresses modern challenges like monitoring in the digital age and medical decision-making. It covers cutting-edge research on diverse cultures and groups including Latinx, Turkish, Chinese, LGBTQ+, and chronically ill youth. The internationally recognized contributors offer insights from different theoretical perspectives and describe novel methodological approaches, focusing on variations across different developmental stages, contexts, and cultures.

The Attain Independent Schools' Guide 2025 empowers parents to find the right school for their unique child, cutting through the marketing spin and without needing league tables or reviews. It distils 25 years of experience into the authoritative book for parents considering an independent school for their child.

An innovative seven-week guide for parents to help their child overcome Oppositional Defiant Disorder.Children are not born with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)-they are born with a "difficult" temperament. But once ODD takes hold, parent and child often become locked in a toxic relationship that is filled with anger, coercion, and negativity, despite the parent's best intentions. In Breaking Up With ODD, behavioral child psychologist Dr. Joanne Wilkoff Wilson provides parents with a practical, week-by-week guide to her innovative seven-week intervention program for children with ODD. Using a method called Family Attachment Skills Training (FAST), this book includes eight key advances in parent management training that emphasize the importance of healing the relationship between parent and child. It includes attachment activities, novel games, a tantrum solution, and, most importantly, a "love and consequences" approach.Parent management training has long been seen as the hallmark of treatment for ODD, but the FAST program moves this training into the twenty-first century. Breaking Up With ODD teaches parents to re-establish attachment with their child through play, praise, affection, and monitoring, and, in the end, teaches the child how to show their best side to the world.

Building Men is a collection of life lessons offering clear, practical insights into shaping strong, principled young men for the next generation.What defines the making of a man?Jim Tracy didn’t just establish multi-million-dollar family-owned businesses from his humble garage; he, alongside his family, embodied the American Dream. Jim attributes this success to the mentors who helped shape him into the entrepreneur and Hall of Fame inductee he is today.In Building Men, Jim explores the essence of true character building, sharing stories of pivotal figures who influenced his business acumen, integrity, and leadership. He offers invaluable insights for anyone looking to guide young men toward becoming conscientious individuals who consistently make wise decisions.From lessons learned from his grandfather to the principles he instills in his grandchildren, Jim provides a roadmap for raising young men in our complex modern world, offering a wealth of inspiration and practical advice.

Most Western mothers try to breastfeed but stop, frustrated, after a few weeks or months. This illustrated contemporary book takes parents through the joy and challenges of breastfeeding. With empathetic and caring language, it deals with such key issues as feeding frequency, latching, mastitis, and cracked nipples.

Celebrate your pregnancy with recipes, stories, and advice from Tom and Rachael Sullivan, authors of Meals She Eats.In 2022, after successfully conceiving their first child, Tom and Rachael Sullivan launched a series on TikTok that playfully tracked the size of their growing baby. In answer to Rachael's question, "Honey, what do we got?" Tom presented her with a dish featuring an ingredient comparable in size to their baby that week. When their baby was the size of an eggplant, Tom prepared Crispy Eggplant Tacos. A pineapple? Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes. What about a butternut squash? Roasted Butternut Squash and Tomato Pasta.Now you can celebrate your pregnancy and nourish your growing baby with over 90 fun and nutrient-rich recipes from Sullivans, organized by trimester and focused each week on an ingredient that represents the size of your baby. As your baby grows from the size of the blueberry at Week 8 to the size of a watermelon at Week 40, you can recognize each milestone with the perfect dish. You'll find breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, and, of course, sweet treats and mocktails, all designed to satisfy your cravings and deliver the nutrition you and your baby need.Along the way, Tom and Rach offer advice and encouragement, share the ups and downs of their pregnancy journeys, and reflect on the joy of bringing new life into the world.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects up to 1 in 20 people, and is particularly prevalent among young people in the adoption and fostering system. As a hidden brain injury, FASD can manifest in ways that often lead to challenging behaviors, which can feel overwhelming for caregivers relying on traditional parenting strategies. In this supportive guide, Barb Clark shares her experiences raising a child with FASD - what she got wrong, what she got right, and what you can do to support your own family. Through chapters including plain-English explanations of what FASD actually is, the strengths and struggles of kids with FASD, and strategies for keeping your head above water, Barb offers practical advice for looking after yourself and your family.This is an essential read for parents and carers of kids and teens with FASD, as well as the professionals supporting them.

Poems that offer an honest portrayal of the complex realities of motherhood, including the devastating effects of postpartum depression. Maternal mental illness is an ongoing health crisis and deserves awareness, not only in the medical world but in the poetry world, too. Bridget Bell's All that We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy offers support to current mothers, mothers-to-be, family members of people suffering from perinatal mental illnesses, OB-GYNs, nurses, and any other healthcare providers. Bell uses various poetic forms to shed light on the challenges that come with motherhood, including the physical and emotional challenges of childbirth while celebrating the beauty of women's strength and resilience. Written with deep care and fearlessness, Bell's debut collection is both an educational tool and a powerful component of recovery in that shares others' similar stories.

Allie and Sam are two moms. Mommy and Other Mommy. One carried the couple's twin boys, who are genetically related to the other-a cute little story of teamwork with a happy ending. But it was so much more than that. When they decided to grow their family, they naively went into things thinking they'd have a baby nine months later. Easy. Their conception journey began with nothing but hope. Planning pregnancy announcements. Picking names. (Picking sperm!) Soon, that turned into the harsh realization that it would take several years, thousands of dollars, and so much heartbreak to even get close to a baby. As a same-sex couple, Allie and Sam faced barriers from day one. If it wasn't constant heteronormativity, it was a couple of thousand dollars in the trash, next to another negative pregnancy test-just to rub it in a little more. It was jealousy of friends who were on baby one, then baby two, before they could even get in for another try at the fertility clinic. Who had sperm readily available at home. Who had babies for free. It took three years, three IUIs, one home insemination, one round of IVF, two losses, four embryo transfers, $50,000, and ultimately, a whole lot of teamwork. And now they get to watch their twins grow and learn, as Mommy and Other Mommy. With two moms, their family looks a little different to a lot of people. That's why it's important to share Sam and Allie's journey: to help normalize all types of families, and to hopefully make people think twice before they ask Who's the mom?

Asian Parenting provides a comprehensive and scholarly discussion of the distinct features, meanings, and implications for human development of contemporary Asian parenting, beyond Western theoretical frameworks.

Asian Parenting provides a comprehensive and scholarly discussion of the distinct features, meanings, and implications for human development of contemporary Asian parenting, beyond Western theoretical frameworks.

First published in 1987, Malcolm Hill examines the different ways in which parents share responsibility for looking after their pre-school children with other people, whether members of their social networks, formal groups or paid carers. He also looks at the reasons parents give for choosing and changing their particular arrangements.

Maternal Narratives in Public Contexts: Shaping Perspectives and Enacting Identities brings together critical research on the construction and enactment of mothering and motherhood in public spheres. The book is divided into two parts - in the first part, authors examine how prevailing ideals of motherhood influence twenty-first century culture by exploring iterations of maternal identity in various media forms, from Dr. Spock's self-help guide to film and small-screen entertainment. In the second part, the authors investigate how tropes of motherhood manifest and operate in academia, the workplace, and in political spheres. Ultimately, this book explores how maternal identities are both formed and articulated in public discourse, arguing that rhetorical influences inform the ways in which we define, recognize, and enact maternal identities and the sociocultural ramifications that result within communication contexts. Scholars of communication, media studies, film and television studies, cultural studies, rhetoric, and women's and gender studies will find this book of particular interest.

A conversation-changing book for parents and anyone anxious about the impact of devices on our children

'A brilliant resource for navigating the teen years' Stella O'MalleyTeenagers: The Evidence Base deftly summarises decades of research and expert knowledge to offer parents and other interested adults a roadmap to adolescence. It weaves together insights from social and experimental psychology, neuroscience, family systems and adolescent development, among other fields, to equip readers with a clear understanding of what it means to be a teenager today, how they develop, the hazard points and opportunities, and how best to support them as they navigate their labyrinthine and very personal route to adulthood. This practical, engaging guide is an essential purchase for any adult wanting to understand the turbulence, creativity and brilliance of the teenage years.