Drawing on nearly twenty years' experience, a developmental psychologist, providing expert advice and strategies, helps parents chart a manageable course for raising good humans that's aligned to their own values and their children's unique temperaments.

Introduction: Grounding Your Parenting in the Science of Child Development -- Part 1: The Forest Through the Trees -- Clearing Away the Noise -- Five Parenting Practices and Five Teachable Skills to Set Up Your Child for Resilience -- What Makes a Good Human? -- Raising Good Parents -- Foundations for Strong Relationships -- Parent the Kid You Have -- Perfect Parenting Is the Enemy of Good Parenting -- The Delight Lab -- Part 2: From Page to Stage -- Eat, Poop, Love -- The Science of Sleep -- A Disciplined Approach to Discipline -- Common Points of Conflict -- Your Child in the Outside World -- Friends and Siblings -- Transitions Big and Small -- The Screen-Time Generation -- Sex, Gender, and Sexuality -- Finding Your Middle Road