Collection: Parents Collection

Taking delivery of a new baby is even more exciting than taking delivery of a new car (at least for most people). This manual gives you what you would expect from Haynes: down-to-earth, step-by-step instructions, written by professionals from practical experience.

This guide will help parents to choose a school, find their way through the admissions process, understand what their child is learning and how to support them. It also explains all the puzzling acronyms like KS1, SATs and QCA.

With her years of expertise and personal experience, bestselling author Annabel Karmel guides you through every aspect of weaning your baby, from four to 12 months.

'Child' explores the world of young children as they emerge from toddlerdom and start out on the long road to independence. Age-by-stage profiles describe growth patterns, social and emotional behaviour and cognitive skills.

An informative, supportive and practical handbook for any parent facing the challenges of bringing up children without a partner.

Each title in this series contains simple stories about different feelings and how to cope with them. Questions throughout ask the reader to consider what each character is feeling as the story unfolds, whether they have felt like that themselves and what can be learnt from the situation.

In simple, easy-to-follow terms, the author answers a selection of commonly asked health questions, from minor issues such as the best way to deal with a common cold or prevent a hangover, to nutritional tips for those suffering from Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis and depression.

This title explores the day-to-day situations that young children experience which make them frightened. It looks at ways of resolving these feelings.

This is an exploration of the day to day situations that young children experience which make them feel jealous. It looks at ways in which they may make other people jealous and of ways of resolving jealousy.

Molly Potter addresses the perennial problem of how to prepare your child for secondary school. The guide starts with the thorny issue of choosing the 'right' school, outlines what to expect, explores all the common fears and anxieties that secondary transfer can cause and gives practical advice ...