Struggling with your Mental Health? Second Step: Putting Mental Health First Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Floating Support is short to medium-term service for people with mental health problems who are either finding it difficult to manage their tenancy and could be at risk of losing their home or are moving into a new [...]

Book Recommendation The Autistic Guide to Adventure Allie is an autistic author and microadventurer, seeking to give neurodivergent young people a place where they recognise themselves and feel that they belong. I met Allie at an Adventure Mind conference in 2023. She is an inspiring person with some very practical, useful tips, suggestions and ideas [...]

Recommendation Digital Parenting, Vodafone Vodafone’s digital parenting offers guidance around dealing with phones, tech and social media, and your child. It offers magazines, articles (such as your child’s first phone) and advice for navigating social media with your child, and provides links to other useful web pages. https://www.vodafone.co.uk/newscentre/smart-living/digital-parenting/ More Posts Why Positive ParentingVodafone Digital ParentingThe [...]

Book Recommendation My Hidden Chimp, by Prof. Steve Peters ‘My Hidden Chimp’ is an educational book for children to work through with an adult or by themselves. The book offers parents, teachers and carers some ideas and thoughts on how to help children to develop healthy habits for life. The science behind the habits is discussed [...]

Book Recommendation Raising Girls, by Steve Biddulph This book is a practical guidebook for parents to raise confident, well-rounded daughters who become self-assured, confident and believe in themselves. This book is for parents, grandparents and caretakers to encourage growth from infancy to young womanhood. More Posts Why Positive ParentingVodafone Digital ParentingThe Autistic Guide12345 Disclaimer: This [...]

Book Recommendation Raising Boys, by Steve Biddulph This book is a friendly, practical guide to raising boys. It is a guide to parents and includes chapters on testosterone, sports and the difference between boys’ and girls’, therefore focuses on boys’ development to ensure their happiness. More Posts Why Positive ParentingVodafone Digital ParentingThe Autistic Guide12345 Disclaimer: [...]

Recommendation NSPCC: Parenting and Mental Health The NSPCC website offers advice and support to parents experiencing mental health problems, such as anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder and personality disorders. It offers advice, such as mental health tips for parents, where to find help and how to talk about difficult topics. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/mental-health-parenting/ More Posts Why Positive [...]

We’re a big fan of Growth Mindset, here at the Bath and Bristol Parenting Hub. Teaching children that their skills and abilities are not fixed is so important. We need to show them that with practice, resilience, reflection and determination they can achieve and reach their potential.

In this best-selling book, Dweck reveals how you can use the power of mindset to influence success in many areas of life, including parenting. They talk about ideas such as the ‘fixed mindset’ and ‘growth mindset’-the belief that abilities can be developed. This can be used by parents, teachers and even athletes to achieve outstanding accomplishments.