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 [...]

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) [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.