Releasing the mother load: New parenting books
From raising resilient teens to unpicking Nordic parenting culture, have a browse of new parenting books at the library.
- Help me help my teen / Dent, Maggie
Australian parenting author, educator and broadcaster, Maggie Dent, has authored this reassuring guide to help parents of teens navigate all the many new challenges today's teens face. She draws on up-to-date research as well as interviews with teens, and shows parents how they can provide a safe, supportive environment and build resilience and strength in teens from a strong, stable and loving base. - Grounded : the off-road guide to parenting in an unstable world / Nagel, Michael C
'Grounded' is a helpful guide to neurological development in children from babyhood to adolescence, and also emphasizes the importance of parents being mindful of their own wellbeing in order to support their children, with tips and strategies to do this in a busy world and role. - Releasing the mother load : how to carry less and enjoy motherhood more / Djossa, Erica
Momwell is an online business founded by Erica Djossa, focusing on maternal mental health, that began with a podcast and popular Instagram account, and now a book. This book unpacks some of the unconscious beliefs and values around motherhood we both take into the role and are abruptly introduced to along the way, and helps explore how to re-distribute and carry them differently. - How to raise a Viking : the secrets of parenting the world's happiest children / Russell, Helen
We often hear that Nordic countries are some of the best countries to live in and parent in, with good education systems and generous parental leave provisions. But how do they do things differently in the day-to-day, and what is parenting like there? Helen Russell moved to Denmark and spent a decade there finding out. Have a read of her exploration of Nordic parenting culture and what it is that Nordic parents do differently and well. - Matrescence : on the metamorphosis of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood / Jones, Lucy
You sometimes hear people say that 'when a new baby is born, so is a new mother', and Lucy Jones's new book 'Matrescence' sets out to demonstrate exactly how true this is, and how seismic the changes in body, brain and circumstance really are. - So you want to know what's good for your kids / Swan, Norman
Here's another parenting book from a broadcaster, who is also a doctor and journalist. The premise of this book, is that it covers not just birth to five and the teen years, but all the years in between, and seeks to answer all the questions he's heard again and again from parents (so hopefully some of yours too). Chapters include: 'Food doesn't need to be a battle', 'So what do you do about sleeping and crying?', 'Is technology going to make or break your child', 'Mental health issues and eating disorders', and more.