In conversation

So You Want to Know What’s Good for Your Kids? Dr Norman Swan in conversation with Leon Compton

The ultimate parenting guide which cuts through to what matters most in raising a healthy, resilient child from birth to ten.

We all want our kids to grow into happy, healthy adults and the first ten years count more than any other time in our lives. So what should we be doing to give them the best chance?

With a background in paediatrics and an over thirty-year career monitoring and broadcasting the latest medical research, Dr Norman Swan has unparalleled experience in delivering straight-talking, honest, unbiased and commonsense health information. Norman Swan knows what issues parents are worried about throughout childhood. Drawing on the questions he hears time and again, in this book he gives you the information you want and the answers you need to raise healthy and happy children, with a particular focus on the crucial years of five to ten – the runway to adolescence that can make all the difference.

In So You Want to Know What’s Good for Your Kids? Norman Swan replaces myths, half-truths and misconceptions with practical knowledge on topics that parents agonise about – including sleep, diet, school refusal, screens, social media, what genetics determine and what you can and can’t change, anxiety, ADHD and much, much more. This book will help you focus on the decisions that can make your kids the best they can be.

It’s a must-have for every parent.

Dr Swan will be in conversation with ABC Radio’s Leon Compton at the RACV Hotel Hobart.

This event is presented in partnership with the Beaker Street Festival during National Science Week.

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