From the author of  “OH BABY … Birth, Babies & Motherhood Uncensored” comes this, her next instalment: “OH GROW UP … Toddlers to PreTeens Decoded”.

Renowned for her ability to ‘cut through the crap’, Kathy is a parenting author with a unique writing genre, that blows the cobwebs off antiquated ideologies, while engaging the reader with entertaining realism - including comprehensive explanations of each age stage of childhood development; getting to the bottom of the good, bad & ugly with pharmaceutical medications; effective natural health remedies and healing therapies; nutrition as you've probably never seen it explained before; and phenomenal enlightenment into fully grasping our children's innate individual personalities.

Kathy describes OH GROW UP as being about “parenting with spirit” – strength, guts, soul – whatever “spirit” means to you. The result is a truly remarkable eclectic fusion of ordinary old-school middle-of-the-road methodologies, combined with extraordinary old-age-new-age philosophies … including Parenting’s 21 Golden Insights, 21 Magical Secrets, and 21 Universal Principles.

As Kathy explains “These days, parenting with spirit is about being equipped to empower our children to learn who they are and what they stand for - and so this book is rational and radical, sensible and ethereal, credible and incredible … just like our kids.”

Chapter Topics

Section-One: AGE-STAGE OVERVIEWS
CHAPTER-1:
THE ‘TODDLING’ TOTS – One & Two Year Olds
Physical development, Intellectual development, Social-emotional development

CHAPTER-2:
THE ‘PLAYFUL’ PRE-SCHOOLER – Three & Four Year Olds
Physical development, Intellectual development, Social-emotional development

CHAPTER-3:
THE ‘EDUCATED’ NEW-ENTRANT – Five & Six Year Olds
Physical development, Intellectual development, Social-emotional development

CHAPTER-4:
THE ‘WANNABE TALENTEDS’ – Seven to Nine Year Olds
Physical development, Intellectual development, Social-emotional development, Moral development

CHAPTER-5:
THE PUBESCENT PRETEEN – Ten to Twelve Year Olds
Physical development, Intellectual development, Social-emotional development, Moral development, Looking to the future – identity vs role.

Section-Two: CHILDREN’S BODIES
Parenting using Physiological IQ

INTRODUCTION:
Living in a Toxic World
Overfed yet undernourished, Holistic health

CHAPTER-6:
‘WHOLISTIC’ NUTRITION for Physiological Wellness
Nutrition IQ, Dump the junk daily diet strategy, A-Z of Extraordinary Foods, Food additives to avoid

CHAPTER-7:
NATURAL HEALTH – Remedies & therapies for wellness & health
Wholistic wellness plan, Trendy old natural healing remedies, trendy old natural depression remedies, A-Z of natural healing therapies

CHAPTER-8:
DISEASES, DRUGS & NATURAL ALTERNATIVES – The good, the bad & the ugly
Pill for every ill & bill for every pill, A-Z of Diseases, conditions, drugs & natural alternatives

Section-Three: CHILDREN’S MINDS
Parenting using Intellectual IQ

INTRODUCTION:
Hardware and Software
The Mind’s Hardware (the brain); The Mind’s Software (personality & intelligence)

CHAPTER-9:
PERSONALITIES! PERSONALITIES! – Each so magical & mystical!
Personality overview, Personality typing, NLP, Love languages, Birth order, Scholastic education styles, Divine destinies (astrology, numerology).

CHAPTER-10:
THE FOUR NEW IQs – Environmental IQ, Cosmopolitan IQ, OldAge-NewAge IQ, Streetwise IQ
Environmental IQ (knowledgeable children caring for their planet);
Cosmopolitan IQ (insightful children understanding the faiths of others);
Old-Age New-Age IQ (discerning children appreciation the beliefs of others);
Streetwise IQ (empowered children safe from illicit drugs)

Section-Four: CHILDREN’S SPIRITS
Parenting using Soulful IQ

INTRODUCTION:
Teaching Soul

CHAPTER-11:
PARENTING WITH SOUL
Parents of the void, Oh God what the hell do we tell them?!

CHAPTER-12:
PARENTING’S 21 MAGICAL SECRETS

CHAPTER-13
PARENTING’S 21 UNIVERSAL LAWS