I needed to go beyond cool-uncle energy.
THESE SEVEN PEOPLE HELPED.
A pediatrician, a psychiatrist, a teacher-librarian, a researcher, a champion of active fatherhood, and parents who’ve lived it. Their wisdom runs through every page.
Expert List
- Jenny Anderson — Co-author, The Disengaged Teen
- Dr. Pamela Cantor — Child & adolescent psychiatrist
- Rony Ganon — Parent
- Ken Ginsburg, MD — Author, Lighthouse Parenting
- Allison Peters Jensen — Teacher-librarian
- Dr. Shefali Tsabary — Author, The Conscious Parent
- David Yeager — Author, 10 to 25
Go Deeper
Watch the conversations that shaped this chapter
David Yeager on the Young Brain
Why their brain isn’t broken — and why your well-intentioned advice keeps backfiring.
Dr. Shefali on Parent as Coach
The shift that changes everything: from “raising your child” to coaching a young person on their journey.
Ken Ginsburg on Lighthouse Parenting
Practice is preparation, and preparation is protection. Why stepping back is an act of love.
Pamela Cantor on Curiosity and Judgment
Your child is not your childhood replayed — and parenting gets better when you stop treating them that way.
Jenny Anderson on Teens
The goal is not to shape your teen like a project — it’s to stay connected as they become themselves.
Allison Peters Jensen on Letting Kids Struggle
Why rescuing too fast gets in the way of raising capable, confident young people.
Rony Ganon on Parenting as Coaching
Why your job isn’t to fix the problem — it’s to raise someone who can.
