What is The Parenting Book?

Drawing on their own experience of bringing up four children and having talked to thousands of parents over the years on their parenting courses, Nicky and Sila Lee bring fresh insights and time-tested values to the task of parenting. Full of valuable advice and practical tips, The Parenting Book is a resource for parents to come back to again and again.

Where to order

The Parenting Book is available for £7.99 from AlphaShop.org or by calling 08457 581 278.

A sensitive, practical book that provides real insight into how to be a good parent – a role we all try to fulfil as best we can.
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Coming soon - The Course

We hope to make The Parenting Course and The Parenting Teenagers Course available on DVD in late 2010 or early 2011. It is currently being trialled in different locations around the world. Watch this site for more updates.

top tip

Routines, such as regular meal times, give children a sense of security.

Cotton wool parenting 'is holding our children back', says study

Over-protective parents are harming their children's development by banning them from 'dangerous' pursuits such as climbing trees, a study has concluded.

Half of children aged seven to 12 have been stopped from climbing trees, one in five are forbidden to play conkers and 17 per cent are not even allowed to play tag, researchers found.