Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

For many children today, it is friends and classmates who shape their identity and values, and no longer their family. But this can undermine family cohesion and interfere with healthy development. Children may end up becoming conformist, anxious and alienated. 

In this updated edition of Hold On to Your Kids, acclaimed physician Dr Gabor Maté joins forces with Dr Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting. Together, they pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to 'reattach' to your children, make them feel safe and understood, and earn back their loyalty and love.