The Ultimate Guidebook for Joyful, Effective Parenting Humans expect ourselves to be great parents - naturally -- as if good parenting were an instinct we're all born with. But you weren't born with that skill any more than with the ability to speak your family's native tongue. Before you became fluent in any language, you had to learn it: one word at a time and with a lot of repetition. You learn how to parent the same way -- one lesson at a time, through practice and trial-and-error. And error. And error. Which is why every parent, at any stage of their child's development, needs...