About the book: 2016 / Raising children in a modern, rapidly changing world is not easy. Often, parents, intimidated by the media, do not let their child go even a step or constantly control him using a mobile phone, without giving him the slightest opportunity to show independence. They persistently try to raise children into child prodigies, turning their lives into a dull series of “developmental” activities and leaving no room for the free play that a child needs for true development. Based on the results of research by authoritative child psychologists and teachers, on the latest achievements of neuroscientists and on the mother’s own experience two sons, Heather Shoemaker tried to formulate the key principles of raising self-confident, smart and harmoniously developed children. Children who know how to assess the consequences of their actions, avoid danger, and behave correctly in conflict situations. Many of the proposed “rules” may seem unusual, but after listening to the author’s arguments, it is impossible not to notice how much common sense, humanity and boundless care they contain for little fidgets.