from joyceclark

My older child is a junior in high school, so my receipt of this book as a LibraryThing Early Reviewer was quite timely! Overall it was an enjoyable - and useful - read. Unlike my experience with some "advice" books, I actually read the book from beginning to end, and even browsed through the bib...

from jaden

I am a parent of four young children (ages 4 to 10). I used to think it was a good to be heavily involved in my kids' lives, a major change from 30 years ago when I was a kid. I'm already seeing some negatives from this kind of parenting, and this book has only further illustrated the downsides. ...

from amysan

This is a book that I will be recommending often. I don't think I realized quite what a common thing overparenting was and to the extent that it was happening. I both agreed heartily with what I read and recognized myself in it's pages as well, unfortunately. I appreciated the very practical step...

from catfan69

I received this book in the mail as an Early Reviewer. My husband opened the package and thought I had gotten it for him as a joke, to tease him about his lack of maturity. After setting him straight that the book was to assist us in raising our three teens to be self-sufficient individuals, I pr...

from rivkat

Free LibraryThing Early Reviewer book. Wealthy parents, especially mothers, are spending way too much time and energy trying to make sure their children are perfect and go to Stanford, Yale, or Harvard. They do homework for their kids; they get their kids ADHD diagnoses; they intervene in persona...