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

Is it always a parent's fault if a child grows up to become unruly, disruptive, or even destructive? Are parents always to blame for children "growing up wrong"? Is it possible that good parents can raise bad kids? Nationally recognized psychologist James Garbarino and child advocate Claire Bedard present tough-minded yet compassionate tactics for parents of children who don't make headlines-but who are exceptionally difficult and disruptive of normal family life.

James Garbarino, Ph.D., is codirector of the Family Life Development Center and Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, where Claire Bedard is a researcher. Garbarino is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. He and Claire Bedard live with their family in Ithaca, New York.