The Library.

A short guide for parents who are new to The Parent Book.

For parents whose child’s best friend has drifted away, with no falling-out to explain it.

For parents whose child’s bedtime has turned into an hour of worries, questions and meltdowns.

For parents whose teenager hardly talks to them any more.

For parents whose child has started dreading school.

For parents who feel they have lost the argument about screens.

For parents in the middle of a separation who are watching closely to see how their child is coping.

For parents whose child has lost someone, or something, that was there last week.

For parents whose family mealtimes have become about much more than food.

For parents whose child is anxious and can’t be talked out of it, however often the adults around her try.

For parents whose children keep finding new ways to fall out with each other.

For parents whose child has just told them she is being bullied.

For parents whose child has just had a meltdown, on how to help her through it.

For parents who need to tell their child something hard and don’t know how to start.

For parents who want their child to grow up comfortable in their own body.

For parents whose child has raised a question about who they are, and who weren’t prepared for it.

For parents who have seen something on their child’s phone that they can’t unsee.

For parents whose child has been through something hard, or whose family has.

For parents whose child is preparing for school entrance exams.

For parents whose child can’t bear to get anything wrong.

For parents whose child has been working harder and longer than other children to do things that come more easily to them.

For parents who have lost the argument about screen hours, and suspect it was never quite the right argument to have.

For parents whose child’s worry has started to make decisions for her, with what helps at each age and when to ask for help.

For parents whose child is about to go from being one of the oldest in her school to one of the youngest.

For parents whose own mental health is part of what’s going on at home.