Thorough and fascinating parenting advice for those with toddlers to pre-teens. From one mother to another, backed up with thorough research and professional advice.From the author of the very popular and much recommended Oh baby . . . birth, babies & motherhood uncensored comes Kathy Fray's next instalment on parenting, Oh grow up . . . toddlers to preteens decoded. Renowned for her ability to 'cut through the crap' and for her unique writing style, Kathy blows the cobwebs off antiquated ideologies while engaging the reader with entertaining realism. Oh grow up . . . includes comprehensive explanations of each age stage of childhood development; the good, the bad and the ugly of pharmaceutical medications; effective natural health remedies and healing therapies; nutrition as you've probably never seen it explained before; and enlightenment about fully grasping our children's innate individual personalities. Kathy describes Oh grow up . . . as being about 'parenting with spirit' - strength, guts, soul. The result is a truly remarkable and eclectic fusion of ordinary old-school, middle-of-the-road methodologies and extraordinary old age-new age philosophies.