My son had trouble interacting with other children. When we would be at a park or outing he would spend his time glued to mommy’s side. I had picked up this book in hopes of encouraging him to leave the nest so to speak and make friends. Like any parent I wanted my child to fit in with his peers. Unfortunately by the time I read this he was already in school and getting along fine so I didn’t have a chance to apply the advice on him and see if it worked. It had some good points, but nothing great in my opinion and some of the advice I did not agree with. The scripts he provides can be useful for those who do not know how to communicate with their children, but for those that have open communication it can be a bit of a turnoff. I don’t need a script to talk to my kids so it was of little use to me. However the section on dealing with teasing, bullying, and meanness was of more use as there was an incident recently with my oldest at school.