Short Synopsis
Dr. Laura Markham presents her groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kids.

Full Synopsis
Based on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham's approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connection, you don't need to threaten, nag, plead, bribe—or even punish.

This remarkable guide will help parents better understand their own emotions—and get them in check—so they can parent with healthy limits, empathy, and clear communication to raise a self-disciplined child. Step-by-step examples give solutions and kid-tested phrasing for parents of toddlers right through the elementary years.

If you're tired of power struggles, tantrums, and searching for the right "consequence," look no further. You're about to discover the practical tools you need to transform your parenting in a positive, proven way.

"Narrator Xe Sands uses a pleasant . . . voice, she has no trouble handling the phrasing challenges presented by some of the longer wordy sentences." ---AudioFile

"In this compassionate yet practical text, Markham deftly leads parents down a gentler, kinder path to raising emotionally intelligent and happier children." ---Publishers Weekly

"A much-needed resource for parents . . . encouragement and actionable, doable, advice for parents to strengthen their connection with their children, and take care of themselves." ---Lisa Sunbury, RegardingBaby.org

"Dr. Laura teaches by example, holding parents with compassion as she gives them priceless, easy to use strategies to create a secure, healthy attachment with their child." ---Lysa Parker & Barbara Nicholson, authors of Attached at the Heart