This is an amazing book that I was very fortunate to come across when my oldest child was about 10 years old. The book uses the ideas of self reliance, responsibility, and “reaping the benefits” of your own actions. Our society has changed from one of very rural, agriculturally driven to a city or suburban type society. The former being one that had certain expectations set on every member of a family, where as our current society seems to be one where everything is done for you, with very little expectation put on our youth. I loved the example in the book, of the farm family where each member including all the children, had specific chores that every one expected them to do. One morning, when one of the young children had failed to do his chore of gathering the eggs, he bore the ire of the whole family who sat around the breakfast table realizing they had no eggs for breakfast! The result of this level of expectation and accountability was to almost guarantee the young lad would not forget the eggs again, or face the anger of the whole family. This book shows parents how to teach our children to garner the consequences of their actions, whether positive or negative, and how experiencing this growth helps them to build self-confident. This book helped me tremendously in raising both of my children. I would recommend it to any parent.