Kids & Parents Guides

The Kids and Parents Guides are part of the BEST ‘What to do about’ series. These little gems are something every family should have because what’s in them is gold. If you’re looking for clinically-proven, active solutions to the big social and emotional issues that every child experiences – go no further.

Written as a Kids Guide and a separate Parents Guide, these delightful little books can be read as a companion pair – or read by themselves. Available as a hard-copy within Australia or as e-books – downloadable from anywhere in the world, the Kids and Parents Guides will get read and re-read many times in your family’s school life.

The BEST series What to do About… Bullying, teasing & all that stuff

Let’s start with teasing. Teasing happens in homes between siblings, between kids and parents and also outside home – in the classroom and playground. NOT all teasing is equal. That’s surely no surprise to you! So how do you teach your child to differentiate between Cool Teasing and Cruel Teasing. And then what should they do with it? Well, the Kids’ and Parents’ Guides identify the differences and teach The Triple A’s 4 Teasing. Strong, confident choices and TOOLS for managing and taming teasing.

And then there’s bullying. 1 in 4 children in Australia experiences bullying every year. That’s a lot of kids! Most kids can talk about bullying but very few have TOOLS at their fingertips to stamp it out. Until now. It starts with knowing the choices with managing bullying and then using a super-snappy TOOL.

The effects of bullying and Cruel Teasing can last many years – a lifetime even, so up-skilling your child with TOOLS to manage these behaviours makes sense.

The BEST Series What to do about… Friends, fitting in & all that stuff

Let’s start with prosocial skills – that means the TOOLS every child needs to make and keep friends. Does your child have a ‘friendliness package’ that they can unwrap and use in new social situations or at school when their social group might change? With the Kids’ & Parents’ Guides, we’ll introduce you and your child to the friendliness package SPICE and have them feeling socially competent and confident in no time at all.

And then there’s the dreaded friendship issues. Uggghhh! “He won’t play with me.” “She’s always mean to me.” “I’ve got no friends!” Heartbreaking for parents to hear. We teach children to stop and scale the Friendship Flare Up – is it a Spark, a Flame or a Fire? Now that’s sorted, your child will learn to apply The Triple A’s 4 Friendship Flare Ups and deal with the nasty stuff early, effectively and assertively.

Friendship issues can become overwhelming, disastrous, all consuming. Don’t let them – teach your child how to recognise and manage friendship issues – a skill for life!