Nurturing Young Minds Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath To read the full chapter go to Volume 2, chapter 4, pp. 57-72. Authors Brett Lee Former Police officer and undercover internet detective As a former [...]

Nurturing Young Minds Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvarth To read the full chapter go to Volume 1, chapter 3, pp. 42-54. Authors Dr Michael Nagel Associate Professor, School of Education at the University of [...]

Nurturing Young Minds Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath To read the full chapter go to Volume 2, chapter 2, pp. 26-41. Authors Dr Michael Nagel  Associate Professor, School of Education at the University of [...]

Nurturing Young Minds Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath To read the full chapter go to Volume 2, chapter 1, pp. 3-25. Authors Dr Chris Seton Paediatric and Adolescent sleep physician, Sydney Dr [...]

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