Michael Carr-Gregg (Author)

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Michael Carr-Gregg

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists and an internationally recognised authority on teenage behaviour. He was the founder of the world's first national support group for teenage cancer patients, CanTeen, and has been Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics and a political lobbyist. He is currently a consultant psychologist to many schools and national organisations, including Reach Out and beyondblue.

Carr-Gregg has been a regular on Melbourne radio 3AW, the resident parenting expert on Channel 7's Sunrise since 2005 and a regular on its Morning Show. He has written several bestselling books on parenting, including Surviving Adolescents, The Princess Bitchface Syndrome, Real Wired Child and When to Really Worry, and is the 'Agony Uncle' for Girlfriend magazine. He has won many awards for his work.

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Book Cover:  Princess Bitchface Syndrome
Published: 03/07/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742281339
Book Cover:  Real Wired Child
Published: 03/09/2007
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742282282
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:  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:  Surviving Step-Families
Becoming a step-parent is one of the toughest journeys anyone could ever take, but the rewards can be immeasurable.  In this insightful and reassuring book, Australia's leading parenting expert Michael Carr-Greg offers practical advice that will help to give your new family the greatest chance of success.
Becoming a step-parent is one of the toughest journeys anyone could ever take, but the rewards can be immeasurable.  In this insightful and reassuring book, Australia's leading parenting expert Michael Carr-Greg offers practical advice that will help to give your new family the greatest chance of success.
Published: 27/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143206279
RRP: $19.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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