We live in the richest nation on earth, with longer life spans than any of our ancestors, the lowest rates of illness, indoor plumbing, heat, air conditioning and every kind of food and comfort ...

Walk into a 3rd-grade classroom and see children negotiating an obstacle course: desks, chairs and boxes create tunnels through which the students are crawling. A whistle blows and the students freeze ...

Though this book takes children’s needs as its focus, it is really focused on providing guidance—and even a degree of consolation—to adults as they navigate the often tricky parent-child relationship.