This book is absolutely essential reading。 I’ve read Sarah’s previous books and nuggets from her mailing list and this age group definitely needed its own book。 I read ‘The Book you wish your parents had read’ beforehand and I think they go together perfectly。 We need to understand our own tween （8-13） history， our own parents style （authoritarian or authoritative） ， our automatic reactions based on learned behaviour and figure out what we would like to change about our tween years， before we st This book is absolutely essential reading。 I’ve read Sarah’s previous books and nuggets from her mailing list and this age group definitely needed its own book。 I read ‘The Book you wish your parents had read’ beforehand and I think they go together perfectly。 We need to understand our own tween （8-13） history， our own parents style （authoritarian or authoritative） ， our automatic reactions based on learned behaviour and figure out what we would like to change about our tween years， before we start parenting our own tweens。 I usually buy ebooks but I suspected this would be one I’d need in paperback so I could share it amongst friends。 Thanks Sarah 。。。more