I had heard about this new fangled neuroscience based approach to raising a child. I was intrigued with the idea and looking for ways to avoid drama with my dramatic child. I love Bug to death, but she can make a mountain out of a grain of nanoparticle.
The book was a good read. As with most of this type of book, it was front loaded with the problem. The authors, unlike some, started dropping strategies fairly early on which was nice. The last parenting book I read felt like a litany of "this is what you are doing wrong" for 90% of the book and then one chapter on how to implement the system.
The other thing that I liked about this book was that it is not so much a system as it is an approach. The strategies in the book are pretty broad brushed and seem easy to customize to fit your child and your lifestyle. It was not a one size fits all sort of deal.
The authors also make the pill easier to swallow by making sure that the reader knows that they are human beings as well. There are several tales of how they, and others, have done the wrong thing.
The main take away from the book was that you cannot control your child, you can only help them learn to control themselves. The best way to do that is to allow them to learn when possible and to know when to be the boss when the child cannot.
