Child & developmental psychology

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Book Cover: The Princess Bitchface Syndrome

In this hard-hitting book, Michael Carr-Gregg focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls today: what to do when your previously quiet, loving daughter becomes a restless, rebellious stranger who behaves like a responsible adult one day and a vampish brat the next.

In this hard-hitting book, Michael Carr-Gregg focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls today: what to do when your previously quiet, loving daughter becomes a restless, rebellious stranger...

Published: 03/07/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143004660
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Surviving Adolescents: The Must-Have Manual for All Parents

Young people today enter puberty earlier than ever before and leave home later. The good news is that teenagers aren't impossible to live with, especially if parents adopt the common-sense strategies set out in this book.

Young people today enter puberty earlier than ever before and leave home later. The good news is that teenagers aren't impossible to live with, especially if parents adopt the common-sense strategies set...

Published: 01/07/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143003786
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Real Wired Child

How can you protect your kids if you don't know where they are?

Few parents would let their children wander the streets at all hours or meet with strangers, but kids do that and more on the internet without even leaving their bedrooms.

How can you protect your kids if you don't know where they are?

Few parents would let their children wander the streets at all hours or meet with strangers, but kids do that and more on the internet without...

Published: 03/09/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143004653
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  When to Really Worry: Mental health problems in teenagers and what to do about them

When does normal teenage behaviour become something you really need to worry about? When to Really Worry by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg will help you find out.

In this insightful book, one of Australia's leading authorities on adolescent mental health, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, offers practical information on the symptoms, causes and treatment for everything from ADHD and eating disorders to anxiety and depression...

When does normal teenage behaviour become something you really need to worry about? When to Really Worry by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg will help you find out.

In this insightful book, one of Australia's leading...

Published: 01/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143009061
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child & Adolescent Psychology
By Jack C Westman & Victoria Costello

Get inside a young person's mind.

Child and adolescent psychology is a complex and fascinating subject-one that's not always easy to understand.  Textbooks on the subject may leave you confused and wishing you had a clear overview to tie everything together.  The answer to that wish is right here.

Get inside a young person's mind.

Child and adolescent psychology is a complex and fascinating subject-one that's not always easy to understand.  Textbooks on the subject may leave you confused and...

Published: 04/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781615640638
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Uses of Enchantment
By Bruno Bettelheim

The enchanted world of fairy tales has been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean and what importance do they actually bear on our lives?

Dr Bettelheim in his thought-provoking and stimulating exploration of the best known stories casts a very interesting light on this subject. His belief that they represent a complex coping mechanism for children to deal...

The enchanted world of fairy tales has been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean and what importance do they actually bear on our lives?

Dr Bettelheim in his...

Published: 19/04/1991
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140137279
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Child, Family & Outside World
Published: 01/01/1992
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140136586
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Your Child Your Genius: Develop Your Child's Potential
By Theva Nithy

Give your child a head-start in life!

Give your child a head-start in life!

Published: 10/12/2010
Format:
ISBN: 9789812618726
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
By William Pollack
Why are so many boys sad, lonely and confused although they appear tough, cheerful and confident?

Based on the results of more than two decades of groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School, Dr Pollack argues that boys are not little men, and that parents and teachers should stop raising them through a toughening process that drives their true emotions underground.

Only when we understand what...

Why are so many boys sad, lonely and confused although they appear tough, cheerful and confident?

Based on the results of more than two decades of groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School, Dr...

Published: 01/07/1999
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780908011421
RRP: $39.95

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08 Feb 2012
USBBY annual list of outstanding international books

Selected for the 2012 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults.

The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett

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