Help Yourself: Free Your Child's True Potential

Parenting has never been easy, but today the challenges are even greater with children and childhood increasingly under pressure from the stresses of modern society.

This inspiring book aims to help parents understand and support their children in terms of both their general development and education. It shows that there is much parents can do to nurture, foster and stimulate their children in helpful ways, creating the best possible conditions within which the potential of each individual child can unfold and develop.

Covers:
- Attitudes and expectations
- The early years and learning from your mistakes
- Looking at walking, talking and playing
- The importance of rhythm: mealtimes, bedtimes and celebrating festivals
- Boys will be boys . . . and girls will be girls!
- Ready for school? When is the right time to start?
- Looking ahead: parent-teacher dynamics, the big bad world, adolescence