In this book, the author stands up for children and argues against many world-famous experts on parenting who give parents advice on how to get children to behave well. The author shows that our main goal as parents is not to train children into discipline and teach them a set of useful skills, but to satisfy their natural need for attachment—in emotional and physical contact. The book examines in detail issues that often worry young parents: why toddlers ask to be held, why they don’t like sleeping alone, when the child becomes independent, when you can stop using diapers, whether to praise and punish children, whether it’s worth sending them to kindergarten, what socialization is, and many other questions.