Resources - books & websites

The Great Brain Robbery
by Tom Scott and Trevor Price
What everyone should know about teenagers and drugs. People take mood altering chemicals because they enjoy altering their moods. But for every high there is a low. For every trip a return journey. All children entering adolescence need to know that there is no short cut to happiness through chemistry. There is only a short circuiting of the unique brain wiring that makes them, them. The Great Brain Robbery is designed to provide parents, teachers, and young people easy access to vital information on teen drug problems, adolescent drug addiction and alcoholism.

Of Course I Love You...Now Go To Your Room 
By Diane Levy
Strategies for raising toddlers to teens in New Zealand. In this book Diane Levy presents her bold new approach to parenting with two main aims – to develop emotional independence and to promote self-discipline. She shows you how to raise pleasant children whose company you can enjoy. With a wise, humourous and accessible writing style, Diane Levy relates stories from raising her own three children to demonstrate the practical details of parenting.