The best advice I ever got

Sometimes parents find themselves at wit's end about the oddest things.

They think they've tried everything and nothing seems to work.

Well, what better train trust for new ideas and sure-fire solutions than the millions of parents who read Parents Magazine each month?

Best Advice is chock-full of hints and strategies from the front lines - even celebrity parents like Marie Osmond, David Duchovny, Jodie Foster, Madonna and Cindy Crawford join in with their own parenting suggestions. Organised alphabetically by topic for easy reference, you'll find ingenious tips on baby care basics, food and nutrition, health and safety, child behaviour, development and learning.

Help in speciality areas comes from the experts; a paediatrician shares her secret for treating a boo-boo, a costume designer offers advice on creating the ultimate dress-up box and a youth sports psychologist tells how to foster sportsmanship among kids.