Learning healthy ways to have hard hitting conversation with your kids can increase your emotional intelligence and subsequently benefit their emotional development.
Here is a guide to some books that may help parents who may be attempting to achieve an honest conversation of race and racism, and those who may be dealing with childhood adversity. Parents can also help expand their kids science, technology, engineering, art and maths skills.
Readers for Life
Sander L. GilmanIn this compelling anthology, fiction authors and literary scholars reflect on their early experiences with literature, exploring how reading shaped their identity, values and worldviews, whilst intertwining past and present, arguing that reading is much more than mere escapism or a literacy tool.
Mother Tongue Tied
Malwina GudowskaSpeaking more than one language shapes a mother's relationship with her children. Through personal stories and cultural analysis, this book discusses the challenges and joys of raising children in a multilingual environment, making it a valuable read for parents navigating similar experiences.
The Toddler Survival Guide
Laura AmiesIn this warm and humorous guide, Laura Amies, the expert toddler tamer from the UK TV show 'Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly', shares her essential toolkit of tried-and-tested techniques for dealing with the most common sticky situations she’s encountered over her 25-year career.
The Good Enough Parent
The School of Life and Sonya CullingfordThe Good Enough Parent includes ideas on how to say ‘no’ to a child one adores, how to look beneath the surface of ‘bad’ behaviour and how to encourage a child to be kind. It's an intelligent guide to raising a child who will then look back on their childhood with a mixture of gratitude, humour and love.
A Parent's Guide to Easy, Screen-Free Activities Children Will Love
Lorraine AllmanFun screen-free activity ideas for children that are not arts and crafts! From Active Words and Numbers, to Health and Wellbeing, Life Skills, Science and Kindness, this book is packed with over 170 easy and original screen-free ideas that children ages 3+ will love.
Good Inside
Dr Becky KennedyDr Becky has sparked a parenting revolution. Millions of parents, tired of following advice that either doesn’t work or simply doesn’t feel good, have embraced Dr Becky’s empowering and effective approach; a model that prioritises connecting with our kids over correcting them.
How to Raise a Global Citizen
Anna DavidsonA cheerful, optimistic handbook for those shaping the next generation of responsible global citizens - ready to change the world for the better! The book gives practical advice on how to talk to your children, the vocabulary to use, and activities you can undertake with your children.
The Second Baby Book
Sarah Ockwell-SmithHaving a second baby is a very different experience from having your first, yet there is little recognition of the wide range of issues to consider when bringing a second child into the family. This incredibly helpful book helps parents feel more positive and prepared for life with two children.
How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes
Melinda Wenner MoyerAn evidence-based book on parenting. Science journalist, Moyer, outlines preferred childhood traits, including honesty, generosity and antiracism, and then provides scientifically-based strategies that will help parents instil those characteristics in their kids.
Gardening for Kids
Brandy StoneDiscover how fun and educational growing plants can be. Perfect for beginner gardeners with tons of awesome projects that help kids grow their science, technology, engineering, art, and maths (STEAM) skills.
So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma OluoIjeoma Oluo offers a hard hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America. Oluo guides readers through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action in an attempt to achieve honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect American life.
Supernormal
Meg JayPsychologist Meg Jay takes readers into the world of the supernormal: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. She tells the tale of everyday heroes who have made a life out of dodging bullets, even as they hide in plain sight as doctors, artists, lawyers, activists, teachers and students.
