4.0

Loved the book and the explanations in the first part such as giving children choices and helping them make good choices when they are young and their choices have smaller consequences vs starting to make choices when they are older with larger consequences. I think it's helped us not try to fight for control and relax about smaller things. It's helped us not threaten with things that we are not prepared to follow through with. Small choices have gone over very well.

I do wish that it was separated out by age a little more (at least half of the book seems not relevannt) and some things I would never do (lock your small kid in their room?) and I do wish that there were less religious references, seemed not appropriate.