This book was wonderful. The best book money I've spent in a long time. It was tempting to dismiss it as trite or common sense, early on. But I gave it a chance, chewed on the ideas, and let them marinate. And in the end it showed me a completely different way of thinking about how we interact with our kids. This book doesn't offer silver bullets or guaranteed solutions. It does outline a much more satisfying and fulfilling way of thinking of children as people, and of communicating with them in that spirit. (And a lot of it applies to adults too!) I would absolutely recommend this book to any parent of any age. And I've added a couple more of these athors' books to my backlog in anticipation of future challenges.