As the name of the book suggests, it advocates certain attitudes and principles to put into practice in parenting. The book is split into ten different sections. The initial chapters encourage on staying sane and having the right attitude. The later sections deals on how to deal with sibling relationships, teenage years, how to approach divorce and being parents of adults. The author frequently admits to mistakes he made as a parent, and shows ways of fixing them or avoiding them. He makes it clear that there's no way you can be a perfect parent. So you shouldn't be striving for it either. However, you can always be a good parent. His down-to-earth, relaxed style of writing motivates that it's possible to navigate difficult issues in parenting. Read this book for simple and clear parenting guidelines which seems to be necessary and very basic.
