Scaffold Parenting: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety

Dirty secret: I normally hate parenting books. But Harold Koplewicz's The Scaffold Effect is just like him: warm, to-the-point, and wonderfully empathetic. It takes real talent to do what he has accomplished in this book: assemble the best science, probe the wisest clinical minds (including his own), and then weave everything together into a highly readable and relatable narrative that's both useful and fun. With a unique mix of personal anecdote and professional insight, he breaks with received wisdom, delivers up some eye-opening surprises – and sends the greatly reassuring message to parents that, if we take care of ourselves, our kids will be okay.