Kids and Parents Books

We know that raising a child towards being a happy, successful and resilient adult is a rewarding and challenging job.  You’ve come to just the right place to find support for you and your child as they navigate life’s inevitable social, emotional and learning ‘bumps’.

At BEST, you’re in safe hands. We know what kids and parents want and need to know about learning the difficult skills of emotionally self-regulating, developing social skills, being resilient, confident, persistent – all the foundation skills for life. Our range of informative, practical and immediately usable resources are designed to give you solutions that we know work.

Whether you’re looking for a specific solution to a specific problem, or more detailed information – we’ve got just the resource you need. Parent Mini-Guides, Webinars and of course, our Kids’ & Parent’s Guides available as an e-book or as a hard copy in Australia.

We know that it’s often difficult to know whether to buy a book or not, so there’s a little bit more information below that might help your decision. If you’d like to know more, or perhaps ask us a question, you can email [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we possibly can.

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!