Gill Pittar, Milly, Molly (series)
Mily, Molly’s stories are special: they explore the adventures of these two little girls which help them grow up responsibly and promote respect for others. Different values are presented from fostering dialogue to openness, to multiculturalism, in children and adults.
Thomas Gordon, Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children, Harmony, 2019
The author presents a theoretical and practical system to learn how to manage problems and conflicts in a family, based on: active listening and empathetic understanding of each other. To become an effective parent requires an ability to gain a series of relational techniques and methods able to guarantee the growth of autonomy and self-determination of the children.
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Martin Waddell, Owl babies, Candlewick, 2015
Three owlets are waiting for the return of their mother who has gone hunting but she doesn’t return soon enough for them. The owl siblings start to imagine what could’ve happened to their mum and to be frightened but they try to make each other brave, until their mother returns.
It's a book that can help children to deal with detachment from the parent, while waiting for their return.
Jan Hunt, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, New Society Pub, 2001
Children behave as they are treated. It’s vital to realise that "as parents we are not perfect, but we can continually recognize the crucial importance of how we behave towards our children". Let's stop and think: how am I helping or preventing my children to be the best version of themselves? As parents, let's stop and think how to approach our children, before acting or expressing our thoughts under the impulse of