1.

The Girl’s Body Book by Kelli Dunham is a book for tween girls that talks about
puberty and growing up.

This book looks at the physical, emotional and social changes associated with
puberty. It would be a good first puberty book for tweens, and focuses just on
puberty ie sex is not talked about.

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE THIS REVIEW

Sexual intercourse is NOT talked about in this book

2.How to talk so little kids will listen

What do you do with a little kid who…won’t brush her teeth…screams in his car seat…
pinches the baby...refuses to eat vegetables…throws books in the library...runs
rampant in the supermarket? Organized according to common challenges and conflicts,
this book is an essential emergency first-aid manual of communication strategies,
including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory
processing and autism spectrum disorders.

This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to
forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-
year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-
year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old. And, it will help
little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to
their parents, teachers, siblings, and peers.

3.The book you wish your parents had

The most influential relationships are between parents and children. Yet for so
many families, these relationships go can wrong and it may be difficult to get back
on track.

In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that You
Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving bonds are
made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance of good
mental health, in childhood and beyond.

She'll help you to:

- Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style
- Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings
- Understand that all behaviour is communication
- Break negative cycles and patterns
- Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them

Almost every parent loves their children, but by following the refreshing, sage and
sane advice and steps in this book you will also find yourselves liking one another
too

4.the whole brain child

The Whole-Brain Child has received much hype since it was first published (it’s a
New York Times Bestseller).

Written by a neuropsychiatrist (Daniel J. Siegel) and a parenting expert (Tina

Payne Bryson), The Whole-Brain Child explores how a child’s brain functions and
matures. It explains why young children do not act like adults and why they can
appear to be out of control.

The book proposes “twelve revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s

developing mind, survive everyday parenting struggles, and help your family
thrive”. Although far from “revolutionary”, The Whole-Brain Child proposes useful
tools based on neuroscience to deal with everyday parenting.

Siegel and Bryson’s book revolves around the idea that children’s experiences – and
traumatising events in particular – should not be overlooked but, rather, should be
addressed using age-appropriate strategies. The book focuses on helping parents
understand how children deal with their emotions in different situations.

One of the key strengths of The Whole-Brain Child is that it shows that a child’s
brain is constantly changing, and that parents can play a role in ensuring that
their children maintain a positive emotional state. The book is aimed at helping
children develop emotional intelligence.

The Whole-Brain Child is structured around the following twelve strategies:

1) Connect and Redirect: Let your child feel that you hear him/her (connect
emotionally to show them they are seen) before redirecting (deciding how to react)
(translation: listen before you speak!)
2) Name It to Tame It: Telling Stories to Calm Big Emotions
3) Engage, Don’t Enrage: Encourage your child to think and listen rather than react
4) Use It or Lose It: Exercising the “Upstairs Brain” by helping your child
practise making choices
5) Move It or Lose It: Moving the Body (physical exercises) to shift your child’s
emotional state
6) Use the Remote of the Mind: Replay memories to bring awareness to your child and
enable him/her to integrate memory
7) Remember to Remember: Make recollection a part of your family’s daily life
8) Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Help your child, when he/she is experiencing
a negative emotion, to understand that feelings come and go
9) SIFT: Pay attention to the sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts within
your child
10) Exercise Mindsight: Help your child understand his/her mind and those of others
11) Increase the Family Fun Factor: Have fun together as a family
12) Connect through Conflict: Help your child recognise others’ points of view (the
“we”) to encourage empathy.

The Whole-Brain Child: The pros

The Whole-Brain Child helps parents understand how a child’s mind functions and why
children act in the way they do. It provides great graphics and suggests ways in
which parents might talk to their children about how the brain works. This is
important as it enables parents to help their children become more aware of their
emotions and how they react to those emotions.

The Whole-Brain Child comes with helpful suggestions for how parents might respond
to everyday parenting situations. The authors suggest that the twelve strategies
above can enable parents to help their kids connect the left and right brain (and
the “upstairs” and “downstairs” brain) and, in so doing, produce kids who are
“happier, healthier, and more fully themselves”. There are many interesting
parenting ideas to help parents understand and change some elements of their
children’s behaviour. The book provides age-appropriate strategies for dealing with
everyday challenges associated with parenting, such as anxiety and tantrums.

The Whole-Brain Child is based on proven scientific facts explained in simple

terms.

The Whole-Brain Child: The cons

Many “scientific” books tend to be overly wordy and The Whole-Brain Child is no
exception. Although there are many very interesting and useful points, there are
also many repetitions whose relevance is not always clear. As a result, some
sections of the book come off as boring.

Overall, there are many good, applicable strategies although a few appear to be
unrealistic.

Who Will The Whole-Brain Child Benefit?

The strategies proposed in The Whole-Brain Child are helpful and highly
informative, and they undoubtedly have a place in each family. However, they are
better suited to slightly older, rather than younger, children. This may not be the
book for you if you’re expecting or are new parents (unless you want a head start!)
but it could be applied to children from at least age two.

If you’re interested in understanding how your child’s brain works, and how the
brain impacts his/her social and emotional development, then The Whole-Brain Child
is the book for you.

This book is more suitable for children with minor difficulties in what is
generally normal childhood development and it may not be appropriate for children
with major difficulties, for whom the techniques proposed may fail. Indeed, while
the authors evoke the possible failure of some of the techniques, they do not
provide guidance or offer possible options for parents should this occur. They also
fail to highlight when it would be appropriate for parents to consult a
professional.

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5.string mothers, strong sons

From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his
world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs her simultaneously pushes her
away. Calling upon thirty years of experience as a pediatrician, Meg Meeker, M.D.,
a highly sought after national speaker, assistant professor of clinical medicine,
and mother of four, shares the secrets that every mother needs to know in order to
strengthen—or rebuild—her relationship with her son.

Boys today face unique challenges and pressures, and the burden on mothers to guide
their boys through them can feel overwhelming. This empowering book offers a road
map to help mothers find the strength and confidence to raise extraordinary sons by
providing encouragement, education, and practical advice about

• the need for mothers to exercise courage and be bolder and more confident about
advising and directing their boys
• the crucial role mothers play in expressing love to sons in healthy ways so they
learn to respect and appreciate women as they grow up
• the importance of teaching sons about the values of hard work, community service,
and a well-developed inner life
• the natural traps mothers of boys often fall into—and how to avoid them
• the need for a mother to heal her own wounds with the men in her life so she can
raise her son without baggage and limitations
• the best ways to survive the moments when the going gets tough and a mom’s
natural ways of communicating—talking, analyzing, exploring—only fuel the fire

When a mother holds her baby boy for the first time, she also instinctively knows
something else: If she does her job right and raises her son with self-esteem,
support, and wisdom, he will become the man she knows he was meant to be.

Praise for Strong Mothers, Strong Sons

“Solid, practical advice for women on how to properly nurture their sons.” —Kirkus
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Praise for Meg Meeker, M.D.