The secret to having resilient, confident and optimistic children is to teach your kids to shrug!Modern children can find themselves under a lot of pressure. Rates of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses in young people are increasing. Expectations are sky high. All of which, of course, only puts pressure on parents too.What's gone wrong?A big part of the problem is that too many kids have never learnt the ability to shrug things off. They've never learnt ...

How to raise confident, resilient kids!Kids need strong, confident leadership ... from their parents. That's quite a challenge these days, as they grow up at the speed of light and parents are unsure of their place in the lives of their children. And today's kids live with pressures that previous generations didn't have to face. They grow up with fewer siblings, which mean parents focus their attention more sharply on them. No wonder so many children today are anxi...

What's our most precious resource? Children.What's the most valuable thing any child can have? A parent who loves and values them and will help them become the best they can be. And where do fathers go for advice on being that kind of parent?Fathers, you say, not mothers? Now that's a tricky one. Not any more it's not. Finally, there is a practical parenting guide for men. Michael Grose has a track record in parenting books and now he has written the one Australian fathers ...

A practical, legal resource for construction professionals operating in the UAE and the Gulf regionIn the newly revised and updated second edition of Construction Law in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf, experienced construction lawyer Michael Grose delivers an authoritative guide to construction law in the UAE and the Gulf. The book explains the most significant contrasts between construction law governed by an Islamic civil law jurisdiction and cons...

It’s well established that parents in western countries such as Australia currently do too much for their kids, albeit with good intentions. Before driving their kids to school (or station or bus stop) each morning most parents would have woken their children up, made their breakfast and lunch, depositing the latter in their schoolbags, before reminding them to get dressed and brush their teeth. All this well-intentioned activity may make for an easier life at home but it encourages childr...

Construction Law in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf is an authoritative guide to construction law in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf. The principal theme is the contrast between construction law in an Islamic civil law jurisdiction and construction law in a common law jurisdiction. the first authoritative text on the application of the laws of the UAE extensive extracts from the region's applicable laws, all translated from Arabic, and hundreds of judgments of the ...

There are many factors affecting a child’s personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order.Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with children are many.First published in 200...

Anxious Kids offers parents a new perspective on their children’s anxiety, encouraging them to view each episode as an opportunity to empower their kids with the skills to manage anxiety, and thrive.Bestselling parenting author Michael Grose and wellbeing expert Dr Jodi Richardson explain why more children than ever before experience anxiety. In plain language that can be shared with children, they outline the origins and biology of anxiety to make sense of it – key knowle...

Do you ever find it hard to remember how you ever found the time to have your kids in the first place?Do you ever find yourself completely sapped with exhaustion, but still feel as though you haven't done half the things you needed to get done today? Imagine reading this job advertisement in a newspaper: POSITION AVAILABLE PARENT, full-time: long days, seven days a week, some time off in the evenings. While no previous experience is necessary, the applicant must demonstrate the fol...

There are many factors affecting a child’s personality and the adult they become, yet the least understood but most emphatic influence on personality is birth order.Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with child...

Every day, at home, at work, at play and at school, we are all forced to confront generational wars.The rules for living in families and raising children have changed dramatically in the last decade. Families are shrinking, parents are having children later in life and adolescence now stretches for twenty years with young people just not leaving home. In fact, such are the generational changes that some parents now leave home before their kids.The world is increasingly crow...

There are many factors affecting a child's personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order.Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with children are many.First published in 200...