About

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is a well known parenting expert and childcare author who writes about the psychology and science of parenting. Sarah specialises in ‘gentle parenting’, indeed she is often credited as being the founder of the movement.

Sarah has authored 20 books (17 for parents and 3 for children), which have been translated into over 30 languages, selling over 700,000 copies to date.

Sarah’s latest book for parents How to Raise a Gentle Man – A guide for parents and carers who want to raise kind, emotionally intelligent and respectful boys has just been released. Learn more about the book HERE.

Sarah’s first ever series for children; ‘Grow Your Own Way‘ features four books for children, aged 8-13 years. The first in the series has just been released; ‘Your Body, Your Mind and You‘ is a perfect guide to puberty, growing up, big feelings and changes in body and mind for tweenagers. The second book in the series, ‘Your Friends, Your Family and You‘ publishes in Spring ’27 and is all about relationships tweens experience, including sibling rivalry, making friends and falling out, and changing relationships with parents and carers. Learn more about the series HERE.

Sarah is a mother of four young adults. After graduating with an honors degree in Psychology; she embarked on a career in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. After she became pregnant with her first child, Sarah retrained as an Antenatal Teacher, Hypnotherapist, Infant Massage Instructor and Doula. Since 2005, she has helped thousands of families with expert advice and support.

Watch Sarah chatting about the contents of her book ‘Because I Said So’ on Good Morning Britain:

Sarah on a recent episode of Channel 5’s Storm and Alexis show, discussing her new book ‘How to Raise a Gentle Man’