I really want to give Dr. Karp's book 5 stars because his ideas about how to deal with toddler behavior are spot on. In fact, a lot of his ideas mirrors the ones in The Mirages of Marriage, the marital advice book I read six months ago. But I really disliked the presentation in spots because it was so! darn! excited! and had lots of ellipses...and kind of silly language (not his descriptions of Toddler-ese, those work wonderfully, just his regular language at times). Just because I'm a busy parent doesn't mean I need a book to read like an infomercial for some really! exciting! product! >sigh< So please read this book if you want to know how to deal with toddlers, and take the delivery with a grain of salt.