Perfect Families: * Tick off museums in the guidebook * Tidy everything away neatly * Work hard and play fair * Show respect for one another Real Families: * Start fights in the Louvre * Keep all their worldly goods on the stairs and in the kitchen * Do their homework on the school bus and cheat at Monopoly * Tie the shoelaces of sleeping uncles together after Christmas dinner With her customary humour and reliably robust commonsense, Libby Purves celebrates family life in all its aspects. Her accounts of sibling rivalry and the pitfalls of family Christmas will provoke rueful laughter and strike chords of recognition; her practical tips on dealing with everything from marriage maintenance to money matters, testing times to trips and treats, provide essential help for the hard-pressed parent. For more options...

The most important period of your child's physical growth comes in the first few years of life. This engaging and informative book shows you how to help promote strength, suppleness, coordination and flexibility in your toddler using a variety of specially created therapeutic soft gymnastic exercises and games. For more options...

What's the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys "If you're having trouble talking to your children about sex--knowing what to say and when to say it--then here is the book for you. The talented team who created the acclaimed Dino Life Guides for Families is ready to help. For more options...

Nothing is more personal than a name and the naming of a baby is taken very seriously by all parents-to-be. With an extensive, easy-to-use alphabetical listing of every boy's and girl's name imaginable, 40,001 Best Baby Names, unique among the plethora of baby name books on the market, also includes fun, individualised lists, such as: good names for race-car drivers, names that spawn nasty nicknames, names for children who are handsome or beautiful, nerd/dork/wallflower names, deathrow names, names for smart kids and much, much more! With 40,001 names to choose from, in an accessible, enjoyable format, 40,001 Best Baby Names is the essential resource for all parents-to-be. For more options...

This comprehensive follow-up to What to Expect When You're Expecting offers everything you want to know about the care (and feeding) of your infant. Covers monthly growth and development feeding for every age and stage sleep strategies that really work and the very best ways to stimulate your baby (and have fun at the same time!).Filled with the most practical tips (how to give a bath decode your baby's crying and when to return to work) the most up-to-date medical advice (the latest on vaccines vitamins illnesses SIDS and safety) and more. For more options...

In "The Idle Parent" Tom Hodgkinson provides a revolutionary and wholly sensible approach to childcare, based on the idea of D.H. Lawrence and many others that the best thing we can do for children is to leave them alone. For more options...

Gina Ford is the queen of routine, and one area she knows from experience that can be a big, scary hurdle for parents is potty training. The good news is that it's very easy when you know all the tips and tricks and there is no need for tantrums or endless hours spent sitting with a toddler who refuses to go potty. For more options...

This book could be your salvation! A quote from the "Daily Telegraph", but this cry could equally have come from the thousands of mothers who have put Gina Ford's kind but firm routines into practice and put some calm back into their lives. Sleep-starved nights, inconsolable crying, feeding on demand - stories that make the prospect of bringing a tiny baby home for the first time daunting for any proud new parent. For more options...

British Association of Nutritional Therapy: Excellent, easy to read, accessible...it should be available in every nursery, every school, every surgery and every home. For more options...

'Most men don't have a life' is the dramatic opening to Steve Biddulph's bestseller Manhood. Exploring two critical social issues: establishing a healthy masculinity and how men can release themselves from suffocating and outdated social moulds, Biddulph addresses the problems and possibilities confronting men in their daily life. For more options...

This down-to-earth book is written to make relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. The authors use innovative ways to solve problems. For more options...

This book could be your salvation! A quote from the "Daily Telegraph", but this cry could equally have come from the thousands of mothers who have put Gina Ford's kind but firm routines into practice and put some calm back into their lives. Sleep-starved nights, inconsolable crying, feeding on demand - stories that make the prospect of bringing a tiny baby home for the first time daunting for any proud new parent. For more options...

From a leading clinician and strong-selling author, comes a guide for all parents navigating the perilous territory of managing a child who has developed a negative mindset. A leading clinical expert in the fields of child cognitive-behaviour therapy and anxiety disorders, Dr. For more options...

This handy book offers sensible language and explanations for handling specific situations inevitable in raising young children. Braun's down-to-earth advice is delivered with humor and derived from her expertise as a child-development specialist and parent educator. . For more options...

Non Toxic Baby An important work showing the chemicals and toxic substances surrounding us andnatural, non-toxic options available with specific concentration on baby care.A "must have" reference book. . For more options...

America's most widely read parenting authority says that understanding is the key to negotiating through this potentially tumultuous time. Rosemond presents a tried-and-true recipe for bringing out the very best in young children that translates into later success in school, with peers, and throughout their lives.. For more options...