In this well-balanced book, author and mother Karuna Fedorschak urges men and women to use the process of parenting for their own spiritual development as they nurture the growing bodies and souls of their children. "Conscious childraising (covering such basics as honesty, respect, letting go) means that we self-observe with diligence and then generously accept what we see about ourselves. On that basis, there is a possibility of being different--offering children the best of who we are, so they can be the best of who they are, " the author writes.