"Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to help parents focus only what's truly essential and build their child's neurobiological capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad. The content centers around 10 "essentials": 1 Rest, recreation, and routine 2 Attention skills and self-control 3 Tolerance for difficult feelings 4 Tools to accept and manage anxiety 5 Psychological flexibility 6 Independence 7 Self-motivation 8 Compassion and gratitude 9 Resilience 10 Parents and caregivers who strive to embody these essentials, too-and who embrace that they themselves, just like their children, are works in progress"--