Hold on to Your Kids Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté is a groundbreaking work of developmental psychology that challenges the assumption that peer relationships are naturally good for children and parents should step aside. Neufeld and Maté argue that when children orient more toward their peers than their parents, the result is emotional immaturity, increased aggression, and the loss of the natural developmental relationship that protects children and allows them to grow. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and developmental research, they offer both a diagnosis of what has gone wrong in contemporary culture and a practical guide to restoring the parent-child connection. Published by Vermilion, this is essential reading for parents, educators, and anyone interested in child development and the effects of peer culture on the rising generation.