The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans

In a time where there is a lot of noise and advice about parenting and child development, Dr. Aliza Pressman is a rare find. She is at once a credible expert, practical, accessible, and beloved. Respected by colleagues and parents alike, her work is impactful and powerful, influencing how this generation of parents thinks about and cultivates their children's development. - Tina Payne Bryson, LCSW, PhD, co-author of multiple bestsellers, including The Whole-Brain Child, No Drama Discipline

What Aliza does is come in and teach us how to individually handle how we raise children as well as ourselves. Her process is empowering and based not just on one person's opinion. It seems impossible for one human to know so much research and yet her hard work has paid off for all of us. She lacks judgment and helps us all quiet the inner voices of doubt and gets us all into problem solution mode. I simply don't know what I would do without her wisdom. She is my go-to for how we all, including ourselves, raise good humans. - Drew Barrymore

The 5 Principles of Parenting is the one book parents can turn to for every stage of development. Dr. Aliza Pressman masterfully translates the science into the practical realities of being a parent and provides clear strategies every parent can use. - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone and co-host of the "Dear Therapists" podcast

Here, at last, is the book parents have been waiting for! Dr. Aliza Pressman distills decades of developmental research into sound and practical guidance that addresses the real questions and concerns that all parents face. Brimming with warmth and wisdom and free from fads and fear, this book belongs in the hands of everyone who cares for or about children. - Lisa Damour, PhD, author of Untangled, Under Pressure, and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

Dr. Aliza Pressman's excellent (and long anticipated) book, The Five Principles of Parenting, reflects her warmth, humor, depth of knowledge and no nonsense approach to raising good humans (see what I did there?). In the first half, Dr. Pressman sets up the why of the science; the second half gives parents flexible, bite sized examples of the how. I finished this book feeling more competent, empowered, and calm-how often can you say that when thinking about parenting? Thank you, Aliza-I love this book! - Jennifer Affleck

With deep compassion, simplicity and insight, this book powerfully conveys the science behind raising good humans. It is filled with practical tools that any parent can start utilizing on their journey toward raising resilient children. - Dr Shefali Tsabery