This is a powerful book for adults who still suffer the psychological effects of childhood traumas-even if they do not have children of their own. You don't have to be a parent to benefit hugely from this book. This book was a breakthrough for many people with or without children. This book contains profound insights that keep coming, page after page. The key elements that makes this book particularly valuable is its conceptual perspective, which gives you, in plain English, the reasons for the things that can go wrong in childhood. Combined with examples of scenarios in which this occurs, this book exploded every mystery and set the world rightside up, clarifying everything.