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[[Category:New Reviews|Home and Family]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon McGrath1454955546|title=Camping With KidsSugarless|author=Nicole M Avena|rating=4.5|genre=Home and FamilyLifestyle|summary=When my daughter ''This isn't a diet book. The last thing anyone needs is another diet book.'' There was young it used to be joked that if a child asked on his fifth birthday to go camping and you told him that he could in five years' time, he'd be there on his tenth birthdaynot that long ago, all kitted up and ready to gowhen it was thought that sugary food was better for you than food with high-fat content. These days Fat was the discussions - and delaying tactics - are more likely demon food which was going to be about technology - elevate your cholesterol and mobiles in particularcause heart disease. Sugar was a carbohydrate, so good. Whilst itThere's wonderful that children ''do'' embrace technologya problem, it shouldn't be at the expense of getting out though. Sugar is addictive and can hijack your brain in much the fresh air, being free of screens same way as drugs like heroin and having an adventure - preferably with all cocaine. Does that sound over the family doing top? Well, it isn''together''t.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749576979</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pippa Mattinson1635866847|title=Choosing the Perfect PuppyThe Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci

|genre=PetsLifestyle|summary=If you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppyIt's strange, the things that make you really ought to read ''immediately'' feel that this is the bookfor you. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion''must, I visited the author's [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there' have s a picture of a particular breed slice of chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and go ahead without any thought about the consequencesdesserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. They then have to live with (There's a recipe in the problems book, which I''might'' have been avoided for m avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was told to make a decade or moremess of it. The puppy and Notes in the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needsmargins are sanctioned. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-You get to author on matters dog related: she talks sensefold down the corners of pages. She doesn't try to talk you out You suspect that smears of getting butter would not be a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisionsproblem. I ''loved'' this book already.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785034375</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrick Mbaya0760381267|title= My Brain Is Out Of ControlVerdura: Living a Garden Life|author=Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago|rating= 43.5|genre= Home and FamilyLifestyle|summary=Dr Patrick Mbaya was enjoying life as ''The most important part of a garden is the one who enjoys it''. I've 'gardened' in a consultant psychiatristvague, husband and fatherindefinite sort of way for more than half a century. His career was going well I know (most of) the basics but life has changed and he enjoyed making ill people betterI needed 'projects' rather than a general commitment to gardening. His marriage was solid ''Verdura'' with its promise of projects for both indoors and fulfilling and his two children were exploring their potential, often through outdoors of varying complexity seemed like the uplifting power of musicanswer. Life was good. But then...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524636649</amazonuk> So, how did it stack up?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= John Williams1394159544|title= My Son's Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures|rating= 3.5|genre= Autobiography|summary=In 2012, stand-up comedian John Williams was encouraged by his work colleagues to write a show charting his experiences as the parent of an autistic boy. After registering the domain name: ''My Son's Not Rainman,'' he also decided to write a blog to share his funny anecdotes and experiences. After a shaky start (''I had a handful of followers. Three of them were my brothers''), the blog eventually went viral as it increased in popularity with parents who felt a connection with John and 'The Boy'. This book fills in some of the gaps in the story, starting with 'The Boy's' early childhood and ending, appropriately, on his thirteenth birthday, when he suddenly became 'The Teen'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433880</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewRecycling for Dummies|author=Margery Allingham and Julia Jones|title=Beloved Old Age and What to Do About it: Margery Allingham's the RelaySarah Winkler|rating=4.5|genre=Home and Family|summary=We remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from the golden age of crime, perhaps not as famous as Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers but certainly well regarded by those who appreciate good writing and excellent plotting. Her last completed book was not a novel but ''The Relay'', a combined account of caring for three elderly relatives, (Em, Maud and Grace) between 1959 and 1961 and suggestions as to how other people might achieve a good old age for their relatives. Margery died in 1966 and ''The Relay'' was never published in the form in which it was written.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1899262296</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Georgina Rodgers|title=Peace of Mind: A Book of Calm for Busy Mums|rating=3

|summary=The promise ''Recycling one ton of a book bringing me calm was too much plastic can save up to resist! There it is, in the title, my job description (busy mum16.3 barrels of oil..well, that's just ' ''Recycling one ton of my jobs!) paper can save 17 trees from being cut down.'' If you send an apple core to landfill, it will take between 6 months and that elusive state that many mums seem to be trying 2 years to find, peace of minddecompose. I have A glass bottle will take up to say1 million years. As a just-post-WWII baby, I was looking forward to some insightful revelations into changing faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is part of my lifeDNA. I think NEVER throw away anything that might ''possibly'' come in handy now or in the problem, however, was quickly apparent in future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that like a busy mum, who is trying to wear a hundred masks at would serve the same purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time, and carry out a multitude any purchase must pass the test of roles'Is this absolutely essential?' On the other hand, this book isnI suspected I was guilty of wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I't entirely sure what m looking at you) and dropping it's trying to bein the kerbside bin. Yes, with everything from poetry I could go searching on the internet - and colouring to mindfulness and recipesget conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473635519</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin0760378134|title=The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall AsleepFirst-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening|author=Pamela Farley

|genre=For SharingHome and Family|summary=Roger If you've ever thought how good it would be to be able to pop out into the Rabbit wanted to fall asleep, garden and pick some fruit and vegetables for a meal – but somehow he couldnrealised that you wouldn'tknow where to start, no matter how hard he triedthis is the book you need. It wasn't that he didns comprehensive: you't do much during the dayll cover everything from why you should grow your own food, because he what you're going to grow, what you'didll grow it in (both containers and soil), where you'll put these containers, how you' but sometimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep ll water and fertilise them and you finish the main part of the book with a handy section on the swingstroubleshooting. There's also a good glossary. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle YawnSo, who had a notice outside his house saying ''I can make anyone fall asleep'' and once Roger went home (is it was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his eyes kept closing) he went straight to bed and fell asleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241255163</amazonuk>any good?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jessica Lahey1529149800|title=The Gift of FailureThings You Can Do: How to step back and let your child succeed|rating= 4|genre= Home Fight Climate Change and Family|summary= Lahey's introduction claims ''today's over-protective failure-avoidant parenting style'' is responsible for the caution and fear she witnesses in young people every day in her job as a secondary school teacher, causing them to dislike learning. She goes on to claim that, through this parenting style, we have inadvertently taught our kids to fear failure at all costs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722443</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewReduce Waste|author=John Kemp|title=Caring for Shirley|rating=4|genre=Autobiography|summary=John Kemp's wife, Shirley, suffered from dementia and loss of coordination and for eight years he was her full-time carer as she was unable to walk unaided (well, she ''could'' - but it was likely to result in a serious fall) Eduardo Garcia and took care of all her most personal needs. Probably the most heart-breaking part of this is that Shirley didn't recognise John as her husband - apart from 'give us a kiss', the question 'where's John?' was usually the first which sprang to her lips in any situation. Although she could often have quite an affable disposition she was capable of kicking and biting when she was being 'encouraged' to do something which she didn't want to do.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1479374245</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jan Robinson|title=Tips From WidowsSara Boccaccini Meadows

|summary=I'm not We begin with a widow telling story. All the birds and I secretly hope that I never will be, but I picked up ''Tips From Widows'' animals fled when a close friend (who is supporting someone who knows that becoming a widow is frighteningly close) mentioned the need to plan what forest fire took hold and most of them stood and watched, unable to think of anything they could do. The death of a husband must be devastating, even terrifying, but as next tiny hummingbird flew to the river and began taking tiny amounts of kin you have certain responsibilities water and there are some things which you must doflying back to drop them into the fire. Who better to give advice than other women who have experienced The animals laughed: what must be good was that doing. ''I'm doing the best I can'', said the hummingbird. And that, really, is the worst thing only way that life we will solve the problem of climate change – by each of us doing what we can throw at them?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140886553X</amazonuk>, however small that might be.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=June Andrews1849767009|title=Dementia: The One-Stop Guide: Practical advice for families, professionals, and people living with dementia and AlzheimerIt Isn's Diseaset Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine

|genre=ReferenceFor Sharing|summary=Worldwide there This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are probably as many as 44.4 million the people who suffer from dementia know that nudity is OK and many times the ones who ''know'' that number of family, friends, carers it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and relatives -bothered person in the supermarket who are affected by what is happening coughing fit to the suffererbust. There's no cure, but But... Rosie Haines makes itinto something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. It's not terminal a celebration of bodies: bodies large and small and the symptoms (memory loss would seem to be the most common, but in some cases there are hallucinations, sexual or verbal disinhibition, not being able to work things out, difficulty in learning something new, finding your way about, or coping of every possible hue. Bodies with the normal symptoms of aging) affect everyone involveddisabilities and markings. If you talk to people who are aging then itThey's not uncommon for them to say that re fine. In fact, they'd rather have cancer than dementia as you're unlikely to be an endless burden on other peoplewonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781251711</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1504321383|title=The Art of Making ShadowsSingle, Again, and Again, and Again|author=Sophie CollinsLouisa Pateman

|genre=EntertainmentAutobiography|summary=Winter is almost upon us ''You can't be happy and the evenings fulfilled on your own. You are getting darkernot complete until you find a man''. However, rather than bemoaning  This was what Louisa Pateman was brought up to believe. It wasn't unkind: it was simply the lack of sunshine, how about putting a positive spin on the situation and viewing adults in her life advising her as to what they thought would be best for her. It was reinforced by all those long, dark evenings as fairy tales where the perfect opportunity to hone your shadow-casting skills? Shadow-play girl (she's usually fairly young) is an art form rescued by the handsome prince who then marries her so that has endured through they can live happily ever after. Few girls are lucky enough to be brought up ''without'' the ages expectation that they will marry and yet still has the power to enchant and entertainhave children. So grab It was a lamp, gather round and get ready to create barking dogs, flying birds belief and it would be many years before Louisa would conclude that ''a belief is a whole menagerie of shadow characterschoice''...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905695454</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Graff_Find|title=Flowerpot Farm: A First Gardening Activity BookFind Another Place|author=Lorraine HarrisonBen Graff

|summary=When Ben Graff''Hospice Voices'' tells the stories of the last days s grandfather Martin handed him a plastic folder of some fascinating people while it follows author Eric Lindner through his journey as a hospice volunteer and a crisis in handwritten notes from his own daughter's health. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1442220597</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jean M Twenge and W Keith Campbell|title=The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement|rating=4.5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=Twenge and Campbell have been studying the rise in narcissism as a social trend. They are well-qualified to comment, having worked since 1998 with social psychologist Roy Baumeisterjournal, who pioneered research in this field. At more than three hundred pages ithe didn's rather weighty for the popular market at which it's aimed, but even if you only dip into this book, I think you'll t take home their message.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1416575987</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Judy Bartkowiak|title=Be a Happier Parent with NLP|rating=4|genre=Home and Family|summary=Babies, unlike new cars, don't come with a manual. There are always plenty much notice of people, each with their own unique advice, happy to stick an oar in on whatever parenting issues you're facing, but I have often found as a mum that I'm left confused and floundering, wondering which piece of conflicting advice is least likely to permanently damage my little ones! I've watched Supernanny. I've read about how to have a contented baby. So seeing this book, with such a nice, positive title, I had to give it a go!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144411056X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carriere|title=This is Not the End of the Book;|rating=4.5|genre=Entertainment|summary=In many ways, At the cover age of my edition of this book is perfectly appropriate. Huge24, bold serif script, with nothing but Graff didn't realise the typeface; a declamatory instance gravity of the art in the most common of fonts, and that perfect semi-colon at the end of the book's name - proving that that itself is not the be-all and end-all. Buy this book, as you can, in electronic form, and you might see this cover for ten seconds at most, but it is so much part and parcel of what's withinpages he was holding.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099552450</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon BarnesGoodland_Worth|title=How to be a BAD Birdwatcher|rating=4.5|genre=Home and Family|summary=''Look out of the window.''<br>It''See s Worth a bird''<br>''Enjoy it.''<br>''Congratulations. You are now a birdwatcher.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780720866</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewTry|author=Brett Cohen|title=Stuff Every Dad Should KnowNicola Goodland

|summary=For an object lesson in This is how important the little things areNicola Goodland introduces her book, consider this book''It's title. This is not one Worth a Try'': ''I wanted to write this kind of those collections of trivia or whimsies for fathers to appear cool to their children (ten great variations on tag; 6book because when I was a young woman,000 good records with which to ween your daughter off Justin Bieber), it's not ladies and gents told me that they suffered from abuse of some kind of knowledge on offer. Here instead is practical information on rearing your own little thing, as children and in a quiet way this pocket diary-sized volume has only found the cojones courage to expect to stick around being useful for a generation, talk about it as it starts at budgeting for adults. Maybe this book can deter children in the first place, from becoming future abusers and stop abuse so it goes from the actual birth to marrying them offaway for good.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745536</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma SmithHigashida_Fall|title=The Cambridge Shakespeare GuideFall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell

|summary=Does Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the world need another guide to Shakespeareinternational best-seller ''The Reason I Jump''s plays? There are plenty about and students these days have . The book was popular because it gave a rare glimpse into the added resource workings of the Internet to get autistic mind, as told from the basicsunique perspective of a teenager with non-verbal autism. HoweverNaoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, if it does, then or by tracing letters on the palm of a transcriber. Despite this is as good as any you will find. It's nicely written slow and beautifully clear laborious method of writing, he has published several books in his native Japan and above all, succinctmanages to give public presentations to raise awareness of his condition. In fact I'm doing a disservice Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Emma Smith already by terming it Naoki as a guide to young adult in his plays, because she also includes the poems 20s and sonnetsexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>052114972X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roman KrznaricBialik_Girling|title=The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of How to Live|rating=5|genre=History|summary='How should we live?' asks author Roman Krznaric. To answer this ancient question, he looks to history. 'I believe that the future of the art of living can be found by gazing into the past', he says. Creating a book which is as full of curiosities as a Renaissance 'Wunderkammer', he has a stab at the big questions: love, belief, money, family, death. The result is a pot-pourri of delights which left this particular reader stimulated and invigorated.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683939</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewGirling Up|author=Susan Maushart|title=The Winter of Our Disconnect: How One Family Pulled the Plug and Lived to Tell/text/Tweet the TaleMayim Bialik|rating=4.5

|summary=Back in early 2009 Susan Maushart - This book arrived on my desk to cries of ''Amy Farrah Fowler's written a single mother of three teenagers - came to the conclusion book?'' or ''No, that the family plugged into their workstations's Blossom'' depending on your generation. Mayim Bialik is or was both, TVs, DVD players, iPods and gaming consoles at the expense of normal relationshipscourse, or what we’ll come but in addition to call Real Life. She included herself in this being a well- her relationship with her iPhone was about the strongest known sitcom actress, she had outside of her children - is also a neuroscientist (and she decided that something drastic had to be done. So began the winter of our disconnect - six months without screens of any descriptiononly PhD on The Big Bang Theory, mobile phones or listening devices in except for the homecharacters). You think that’s not enough of Aimed at teenagers, this book focuses on growing up as a shock girl, or ''Girling up'' if you will, and what it means to transition from school girl to the system? Nor did Susan grown- she started off with two weeks without any power in the homeup, via that hideous detour of teenage years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668465X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mikael Krogerus and Roman TschappelerMattinson_Puppy|title=The Question BookChoosing the Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson

|genre=LifestyleHome and Family|summary=Most of us If you have probably made at least one of those end-of-the-year lists of the best booksever, albums and parties we have been to in the previous twelve months. But can youfor even a fleeting moment, with some effortthought about getting a puppy, locate the one you made really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in 1987? Have you ever constructed a graph the heat of your ups the moment and downs in ''must'' have a given period, particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then decided have to expand it by separating emotional, intellectual, sexual and financial aspects and colour coding them? Have you made a list of all your lovers, bosses or friends and then rated them from 1 to 10 on several dimensions each? Do you have one of live with the books that list problems which ''100 things to do before you diemight'' have been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn''500 books t try to read in your life'' (and ticked off the ones you have done)? Did talk you ever spend a whole evening and half out of getting a night filling in dubious 'personality' questionnaires on particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the Internet? Have facts and allows you ever doodled something, decided that it beautifully expresses the deepest essence of your personality and then proceeded to draw such icons for all make your friends? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685389</amazonuk>own decisions.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrick Cockburn and Henry CockburnRaskin_Grow|title=Henry's DemonsGrow: Living with Schizophrenia. a Father and Son's Story|rating=4.5|genre=Autobiography|summary=In February 2002 Patrick Cockburn was in Kabul, reporting A Family Guide to The Independent on the fall of the Taliban. While he was there he called his wife Jan at home in England, Growing Fruit and was shocked to learn that their 20-year-old elder son Henry had been rescued by fishermen after coming close to death while swimming, fully clothed, in the icy waters of the Newhaven estuary. The police had decided that he was a danger to himself, and he was now in a mental hospital.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847377033</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewVeg|author=Kate Brian|title=Precious Babies: Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting after InfertilityBen Raskin

|summary=There are lots of avenues of support for those dealing with infertilityI worried when I looked at this book: ''Grow'', but what happens if you do finally get pregnantit said, ''A family guide to growing fruit and veg''. Why did it worry me? YouWell, it're still dealing with s a mere 48 pages and the scarscover says that it includes ''Games, both emotional stickers and physical that infertility can leave behindMORE!'' I have weighty tomes which don't completely cover what I need to know about growing fruit and veg, but it might seem callous to ask for help from other friends from your support network who themselves arenso wasn't yet pregnant. This book aims this going to be fall a helpful guide that discusses everything from pregnancy to birth to parenting after birth in the light of your history with infertilitylittle short? Well, it doesn't - not at all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749954019</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve RoudMcgrath_Camping|title=The Lore of the Playground: The Children's World - Then and NowCamping With Kids|author=Simon McGrath

|summary=Like many reviewers of the hardback editionWhen my daughter was young it used to be joked that if a child asked on his fifth birthday to go camping and you told him that he could in five years' time, I thoroughy enjoyed reading this bookhe'd be there on his tenth birthday, a nostalgic excursion into my own childhood games all kitted up and ready to go. These days the discussions - and delaying tactics - are more likely to be about technology - and rhymesmobiles in particular. ItWhilst it's quite fun to identify wonderful that children do embrace technology, it shouldn't be at the regional context expense of childhood lore. It cleared up for megetting out in the fresh air, as a Southbeing free of screens and having an adventure -East Londoner, preferably with all the exact nature of a hitherto mysterious game called tag. If you have already delved into the classic family doing it ''The Lore and Language of Schoolchildrentogether'' by Iona and Peter Opie (1959), you might find this book adds little for a general readership. For the specialist, I'm sure this book will take its rightful place in the scholarly literature on childhood culture.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099505274</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy BartkowiakWilliams_Son|title=So YouMy Son've Passed Your Driving Test... What Now? Advanced Driving Skills For Young Driverss Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures|author=John Williams|rating=43.5

|summary=It's always struck me that In 2012, stand-up comedian John Williams was encouraged by his work colleagues to write a show charting his experiences as the most difficult time for young drivers is that period just after they pass their driving testparent of an autistic boy. Someone has told you that youAfter registering the domain name: 're an OK driver, right? 'My Son'But's Not Rainman,' you're out there, all on your own, without anyone he also decided to explain those odd things which you still haven't come across or write a blog to be the extra pair of eyesshare his funny anecdotes and experiences. YouAfter a shaky start (''ve got I had a sense handful of followers. Three of freedomthem were my brothers''), but somehow the blog eventually went viral as it's increased in popularity with parents who felt a little bit ''dauntingconnection with John and 'The Boy'. Judy Bartkowiak offers something a little bit different. It's not another This book about road signsfills in some of the gaps in the story, driving etiquette and stopping distances – itstarting with 'The Boy's some ideas for getting into the right mindset to absorb the new experiences ' early childhood and learning some skills which might help you in other areas of your life tooending, appropriately, on his thirteenth birthday when he suddenly became 'The Teen'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908218371</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony T DeBenedet and Lawrence CohenMbaya_Brain|title=The Art of Roughhousing: Good Old Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It My Brain Is Out Of Control|author=Patrick Mbaya

|summary=Rather than running around outdoorsDr Patrick Mbaya was enjoying life as a consultant psychiatrist, husband and father. His career was going for bike rides well and building dens, lots of children nowadays end up spending hours watching TV or playing computer gameshe enjoyed making ill people better. Play times in school are often very regimented His marriage was solid and in some schools certain games like 'British Bulldog' fulfilling and 'Leapfrog' and even 'Tag' have even been banned. Children are discouraged from physical playhis two children were exploring their potential, for fear that they will hurt themselves and also often through the fear that those responsible for them will find themselves facing a lawsuit if someone does get hurtuplifting power of music. This book aims to support the thinking that very physical play is Life was good for children; that unless they face risks in their lives and learn to assess those risks, or experience a few bumps and bruises and learn to get up and carry on, . But then they will lack vital life skills for their future adult lives.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594744874</amazonuk>..

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Diane AckermanAllingham_Beloved|title=One Hundred Names For LoveBeloved Old Age and What to Do About it: A Stroke, a Marriage, Margery Allingham's the Relay|author=Margery Allingham and the Language of HealingJulia Jones

|genre=LifestyleHome and Family|summary=Diane Ackerman's husbandWe remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from the golden age of crime, Paul West, had been in hospital for three weeks with a kidney infection perhaps not as famous as Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers but certainly well regarded by those who appreciate good writing and excellent plotting. Her last completed book was just rejoicing in the fact that he was to go home the next day. As Diane watched , Paul suffered not a massive stroke. novel but ''The effects were catastrophicRelay'', but worst a combined account of allcaring for three elderly relatives, the man who had been a brilliant wordsmith was robbed of his power of speech (Em, Maud and lost his extensive vocabulary. It's eight years since this happened Grace) between 1959 and the intervening years have been a constant battle to improve Paul's speech 1961 and restore some joy suggestions as to his life. There have been ups – and many downs – but despite a brain scan indicating that Paul how other people might well be achieve a vegetable he has since his stroke written booksgood old age for their relatives. His vocabulary will Margery died in 1966 and ''The Relay'' was never be back to what published in the form in which it was, but it remains impressive and, strangely enough, many of the words which he finds easiest to use are those which he encountered a number of years agowritten.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>039307241X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oliver JamesRodgers_Peace|title=How Not To F*** Them UpPeace of Mind: A Book of Calm for Busy Mums|author=Georgina Rodgers|rating=4.53

|summary=Child psychologist Oliver James can be relied on The promise of a book bringing me calm was too much to fight his cornerresist! There it is, whether itin the title, my job description (busy mum...well, that's about affluent society or toxic parents. Now he puts the first three years just one of life under the microscope my jobs!) and argues equally vehemently that parents need elusive state that many mums seem to be trying to find, peace of mind. I have to say, I was looking forward to identify their own needs accurately and build their children's care some insightful revelations into changing my life. I think the problem, however, was quickly apparent in that like a 'good enough' frameworkbusy mum, in order for who is trying to wear a hundred masks at the whole family to flourish. He's same time, and carry out a controversial figure whose interest in parenting goes back to his own childhood (yesmultitude of roles, youthis book isn've guessed t entirely sure what it's trying to be, his parents where psychoanalysts). He argues the case for modifying childcare decisions with everything from poetry and colouring to accord with parenting styles while avoiding working mums' guilt trips: “'Why embracing your own parenting style is best for you mindfulness and your child,' as the cover has itrecipes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009192393X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eleanor BirneEhrlin_Rabbit|title=When Will I Sleep Through the Night? An A The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep|author=Carl- Z of BabyhoodJohan Forssen Ehrlin|rating=4.5

|summary=When it comes Roger the Rabbit wanted to parentingfall asleep, I have discovered that a lot of people lie. They lie about sleep, about tantrums, about feeding and nappies and the effects of a screaming newborn on your marriage. There are books galore, and Mummy blogsbut somehow he couldn't, and tweeters all happily proclaiming no matter how marvellous it all is, first of all being pregnant, then giving birth, and then raising the babyhard he tried. Itwasn's all glowing skin and sunshine smiles and meeting friends for coffee. I quickly stopped reading anything baby-related when I was pregnant t that he didn't do much during the day, because I he did but sometimes he was sick as a dog for 5 months, I had an awful labour and so tired that first year with my little girl was almost impossibly difficult and totally consumed with he could fall asleep on the horror of a non-sleeping babyswings. NowOne night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle Yawn, four and who had a half years on from giving birth notice outside his house saying I can make anyone fall asleep and once Roger went home (mostlyit was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his eyes kept closing) sleeping all night long I felt able he went straight to open up this latest baby book, mainly because the title roused such familiar feelings in mebed and fell asleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846684862</amazonuk>