The recognized child psychologist and best-selling author in The New York Times, Dr. Ross Greene, explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while simultaneously enhancing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important mission: to discover who their child is - their skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and direction - to accept them and then help them live the life they desire. However, parents want their children to be independent, but not if it means they will make poor choices. They want to avoid being overbearing, but not if it means having an indifferent child. They want a good relationship with their children, but not if it means being submissive. Good parenting is about balancing the child's characteristics and the parent's desire to have influence.

Dr. Greene proposes a powerful solution to revise typical approaches to parenting and child discipline. Through his renowned collaborative problem-solving model, parents can bypass punishments and pressures, allowing their children to feel heard and influential. From homework and personal hygiene to screen time, Dr. Greene provides guidelines that are clear, achievable, and guaranteed to empower both parents and their children. The book Raising Human Beings is inspiring and a revolution for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. His advice is sensible and empathetic, and readers will feel ready to start building better relationships with the children in their lives.