Parents Under Siege: Why You Are the Solution, Not the Problem, in Your Child's Life Book

	Preface
Pt. 1	The Real Lives of Parents	1
1	When Bad Things Happen to Good Families	3
2	A Compassionate Look at Parental Responsibility	24
3	Dealing with an "Impossible" Child	49
4	The Dangerous World Outside Your Front Door	78
5	Our Children's Secret Lives	97
Pt. 2	A Parent's Compass	121
6	Using Intelligent Empathy to Raise a Child with a Difficult Temperament	123
7	Aspiring to Be an Authority Figure in an Out-of-Control Society	150
8	Parenting in a Material World	171
9	Mastering Television, Video Games, and the Internet	189
	Epilogue: Being a Good Parent and a Good Citizen	205
	Resources	213
	Organizations	215
	Suggested Readings	223
	Notes	227
	Index	237