You Are the Parent: Becoming the Calm, Confident Leader Your Child NeedsA revolutionary guide to parenting with confidence, clarity and empathy. Five more minutes! One more story! Im not tired! The pressures of modern day parenting can be relentless, leading us to over parent, over explain and over negotiate with our kids. This may work at first, but it can make it harder for children to build resilience and exhausting for parents themselves. Child development specialist Dr Siggie Cohen offers a more balanced approach