📒 Unlike many parent books which focus on the child's behavior,emphasis here is on parental behavior.Few things are more important than raising our children to be well-adjusted,productive people.Now in an increasingly complex,media-overloaded,maze-like world, parents need to know the essentials of truly successful parenting more than ever.Based on her specialized training and professional practice in psychology as well as her hands-on experiences as a parent,Dr. Alice Licata presents her positive approach,unique in its simplicity,eschewing formulaic for a fresh, highly readable,and widely applicable strategy.Dr. Licata emphasizes a fundamental principle which can offer answers to nearly every parenting concern and challenge.With engaging chapters such as"Be a Pachyderm","It's Not You, It's Me",and"You Too Can be a Supermodel",this book is replete with practical examples and advice as well as touching anectodes--a must-read for all parents wanting to avoid the too common pitfalls of today's childrearing.