E-books & Audiobooks
These are a few books that have been important to me in relation to raising a child. Instructions on downloading and playing the audiobook on your phone are HERE.
| # | Title | Author | Summary | E-book | Audiobook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children | Hannah Barnes | A forensic investigation into the Tavistock's GIDS clinic — how it grew, how it failed the vulnerable children in its care, and why it was ultimately shut down. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 2 | The Coddling of the American Mind | Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff | Argues that well-intentioned efforts to protect young people from discomfort are backfiring — producing anxious, fragile adults who struggle to cope with disagreement and adversity. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 3 | Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up | Abigail Shrier | Challenges the explosion of therapy culture and mental health diagnoses in children, arguing that over-medicalising normal childhood struggle is making kids less resilient, not more. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 4 | The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness | Jonathan Haidt | Argues that the rapid shift to smartphone-based childhood has caused a mental health crisis in young people, and offers practical solutions for parents, schools, and governments. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 5 | The New Puritans | Andrew Doyle | Examines how a new form of ideological conformity has taken hold in institutions, media, and culture — suppressing dissent under the guise of inclusion and safety. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 6 | Hags | Victoria Smith | A sharp defence of middle-aged women and an examination of how misogyny operates across the political spectrum — including from those who claim to be feminists. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |
| 7 | Free Speech and Why It Matters | Andrew Doyle | A concise case for free expression — why it matters, what threatens it today, and why defending the right to speak doesn't mean endorsing what is said. | Download E-book | Download Audiobook |