Other parenting books—including best-selling ones—frequently depend on idiosyncratic and often dead wrong ideas about effective parenting. Dr. Kazdin delivers the most sound and useful parenting research from recent years, transforming it into easy, everyday strategies. No parenting book does a better job helping parents break down and then fix behaviors—one clear, realistic step at a time—from getting ready for school on time, to eating more than one or two foods, to limiting computer and video game time. Even to developing interests and qualities like respect for others, honesty, and good friendships.

Potentially family-transforming parenting know-how from our “most important living child developmental psychologist.” * (Martin Seligman)