Treat Them Like Monkeys

Parenting today? It’s madness, all of it! Most of us have been woefully unprepared for the baffling, exhausting, head-banging phenomenon known as parenthood. If you’re bewildered by your babies or puzzled by parenting in general, you are far from alone.  Whether you’re in the trenches with a newborn or walking around on eggshells around a surly teen, within these pages we’ve laid out a simple, sensible plan for raising fine, upstanding future adults (and keeping your own sanity and sense of humor intact).