Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits

by Robin Berman

PARENT: Bedtime is at eight. CHILD: I want to stay up until eight thirty. PARENT: No, it’s eight. CHILD: I want to stay up later. PARENT: Now bedtime is seven forty-five. CHILD: Fine, I’ll take eight. PARENT: Now bedtime is at seven thirty.

“Your children don’t need two more tall friends. They have their own friends, all of whom are cooler than you. What they need are parents.”