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Karen Kleiman, contributor

The authors (Jerry and Lorin Biederman) have compiled an array of parenting tips and strategies from childcare experts like pediatrician William Sears, psychologist Lawrence Kutner, columnist John Rosemond and other doctors, therapists and writers. The "lessons" are organized into thematic sections from infant care to discipline, values, education and divorce. Some of the contributors offer general strategies, like therapist Jane Nelsen's advice to "take time for training and then don't do things for children that they can do for themselves," or postpartum expert Karen Kleiman's essay on taking the pressure off women to be perfect mothers. Others provide concrete tips: parent education pioneer Nancy Samalin's discipline .techniques include making impersonal statements ("books belong on the shelves"), while author Jim Fay offers steps for "tease-proofing" your kids.

–Publisher's Weekly