Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds

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The in-between childhood and teenager stage is notoriously hard to navigate for parents and children alike. This new audiobook from Sarah Ockwell-Smith, founder of BabyCalm, will be an indispensable guide for parents, whatever challenges they are facing with their child's sleep - from the day they bring their newborn home until their child is settled in at school. Written by popular parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith, creator of Gentle Parenting, this is the only book you’ll need to guide your child through this developmental milestone–without trauma, drama and tears (for baby and parents alike! An indispensable guide for parents looking for help with their child's eating, from birth until the teenage years.

Raising tweens to be screen savvy – to utilise the amazing possibilities that they present, while avoiding common pitfalls – is so important. Your input will help to reinforce this bridge and to grow the independence and confidence needed for the future.Smith has some good points: how the brain rewires itself during puberty, how tween behaviors that drive parents nuts aren't intentional, and about the "psi" method of gentle discipline/coaching based parenting. Parenting expert and mother of four Sarah Ockwell-Smith will consider all the issues faced by parents and tweens today, with a focus on the biology, neurology, psychology and sociology of adolescence as well as plenty of practical parenting advice for common everyday situations. I was interested in the screen time chapter as that is something at the forefront of my mind and I have come away with a new understanding of how best to support my children going forward with this. Over the years Sarah has updated her knowledge with various study days and courses including paediatric first aid, paediatric safeguarding, perinatal psychology and birth trauma. As a parent of a ten year old I am now very aware that there is already a lot going on and I feel like two different people inhabit his body sometimes.

There isn't really a one-size-fits-all approach to parenting so it's a matter of taking and leaving what applies to you, I think. So became the pattern, anytime we had a disagreement, or I asked him to do something he didn’t want to do, “I hate you” quickly followed. I found a lot of pregnancy/birth/parenting books patronizing though, so perhaps I'm not the best one to judge. This book is for anybody who spends time with children; whether they’re parents, child care professionals, teachers or grandparents. Posted by SarahOckwell-Smith May 31, 2023 Posted in Babies, Birth, Education, Mothering, Preschoolers, sleep, Teens, Toddlers, Tweens Tags: anti-childist, child rights, child rights are human rights, childism, childism book, childism expert, childist, discrimination against children, gentle parenting, gentle parenting book, gentle parenting childism, what is childism?While each of my books have looked at the issue of parental mental health and happiness in a little detail, I have never discussed it in any great depth and the question I am asked the most by parents is “yes but HOW can I be calmer? This best-selling classic by internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children includes fresh insights and suggestions, as well as the author’s time-tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships. It is the kind of book I will probably pick up again as we progress along this new path (and again as I navigate these years with my daughter).

I didnt have the option of sleep training him as we were in a 1 bedroom flat and by the time we moved he was a little better. So not getting cross with a child for emptying kitchen cupboards but locking them but that’s more common sense than anything else. From an evolutionary perspective, fears and anxieties surrounding being left alone at night are entirely normal and actually important. Action oriented and easy to understand, it's packed with sensitive yet sensible ways to turn quarreling siblings and frustrated parents into an open, communicative family. Whether you are interested in understanding how your upbringing has shaped you, looking to handle your child's feelings or wishing to support your partner, you will find indispensable information and realistic tips here.

Chapter 8 delves deeper into body image and why the tween years are key to helping your child grow into an adult with good body acceptance – one who is more likely to escape the seemingly ever- growing pressures of the diet and cosmetics industries. The middle years of childhood tend to be overlooked entirely, with a black hole of information until the teenage years – thirteen plus, the last years of childhood. A certain way they hold their jaw, peer through their impossibly long eyelashes or throw their head back as they laugh. Shocking for me that there are any parents that aren’t already aware of the material in this book but explained really well for those who aren’t. The tween years can be a difficult period for parent and child alike, but your openness and support is key to building the relationship that you will have with your child for the rest of their life.

And for those parents who have previously used a more authoritarian style of parenting, there’s plenty of advice – and reassurance – on making the transition to a gentler approach. It will help parents understand when to start the process, and provide a step by step guide to the best, most gentle and easiest approach to take, as well as how to cope with the inevitable regressions and setbacks. Sarah Ockwell-Smith utilizes neuroscience, the psychology of child development and real-world scenarios for a very informative guide.

All the backwards and forwards, toing and froing are characteristic of this stage: little parenting, blending with big parenting, dependence meeting independence, holding on and letting go. The tween years finish at age thirteen, when your child is officially a teenager, and help and advice for parents picks up once again. In Chapter 9, we focus on raising tweens who will advocate for others, and how to cultivate in them an empathy for the world around them and a willingness change the world that they live in for the better (rather than changing them to fit into our cur – rent world). The Gentle Discipline Book will help parents to understand why their child acts in the way that they do, how they can get their child to listen to them and how to get them to behave in more appropriate ways, both now and in the future.