Stoke-on-Trent Family Information Service

Parenting handbooks

Below are our two handbooks.  They are available for you to download. Each booklet contains many pages of useful information about a variety of issues which may affect you as a parent or carer.  They also contain some useful contacts for both you and the child. Please click on the link to download the appropriate book(s). Links will open in a new browser window.

Complete Handbooks

• Birth to 11 years olds
  
• 12-18 year olds
  

Individual Sections of the Handbook

If you do not wish to download the whole handbook, you can choose the subject that interests you from the list below.

Birth to 11 Years olds:

• All kinds of parents
• Bedwetting & sleeping
• Children left alone
• Children with disabilities
• Cot death
• Don't shake your baby
• Equality & diversity
• Health & safety
• Healthy lifestyles
• Loss & bereavement
• Positive parenting
• Post-natal depression
• Smacking
• Stress & anxiety
• Temper tantrums
• Helpful organisations

12 to 18 Year olds:

• Adolescent behaviour
• Anti-social behaviour
• Bullying
• Depression & mental ill health
• Eating disorders
• Friendships & peer pressure
• Internet abuse & sexual exploitation
• Missing from home
• Puberty
• Self-harming
• Separation & divorce
• Sexual health
• Substance misuse
• Teenage pregnancy
• Truancy
• Helpful organisations

Other Languages Available

Please click on the links below to view the parenting information in Bengali, Traditional Chinese and Urdu.

Bengali Birth - 11 Year Olds		Bengali 12 - 18 Year Olds
Chinese Birth - 11 Year Olds		Chinese 12 - 18 Year Olds
Urdu Birth - 11 Year Olds		Urdu 12 - 18 Year Olds