This book is a compendium of lessons, including ideas on how to say ‘no’ to a child one adores, how to look beneath the surface of ‘bad’ behaviour to work out what might really be going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, how to encourage open self-expression, and how to handle the moods and gloom of adolescence. An intelligent guide to raising a child who will one day look back on their childhood with just the right mixture of gratitude, humour, and love.