Parenting Tips

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
-- John Wilmot

While parenting has been described in many different ways, there is no instruction manual. 

However, Sligo County Library Service have a large number of books available on the topic.  The following selection offers just a flavour of what is on offer through your local branch.

1. Can I give them back now? The aargh to zzzz of parenting by Joanna Simmons (9780224086257)
2. You want to do what? Instant answers to your parenting dilemmas by Karen Sullivan (9780007254378)
3. Living With Teenagers: 3 Kids, 2 Parents, 1 Hell of a Bumpy Ride (9780755317547)
4. Single Parents: The Essential Guide by Sarah Edwards (9781861440556)
5. When Parents Split: support, information and encouragement for teenagers by Glynis Good (9781842181607)
6. Positive Parenting for Children on the Autistic Spectrum by Stella Waterhouse (1902710533)
7. Green Parenting: the best for you, your children and the environment by Melissa Corkhill (1904601391)
8. The Working Parent’s Survival Guide: how to balance work and Family Life by Irene Pilia (0706376439)
9. Practical Parenting: An Irish Survival Guide by Pat Rees (1901658635)
10. Parenting is Child’s Play: how to give your child the best start in life and to have fun doing it by David Coleman (9781844881406)