positive, reassuring, down-to-earth and good-humoured

Dr Green is nothing short of a genius...Toddlerdom is a minefield, but his common sense and unfailing good humour guided my family through unscathed - well, relatively

The eminently readable Dr Christopher Green, whose best-selling Toddler Taming has saved the sanity of countless parents

His commonsense attitude is credited with saving the sanity of parents around the world

Unlike other books of this sort, How Not to F*** Them Up focuses on the wellbeing of the parent as a starting point for meeting the needs of the child... This is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve, and is not afraid to admit his own frailties. As a result his theories come across not as condescension, but as advice from one fucked-up-person to another.

... it is obvious that James is truly on the side of women and creating a society in which parenting and the issues it raises are shared between both partners.

Hugely gripping... it certainly makes you think.

[Oliver James] does a great job of describing some of the problems in modern society and how the demands of the 21st century can affect a person's happiness... [he] uncovers the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. In other words, how to be successful and stay sane.

Advice that focuses on training you - the parents - rather than your kids. A refreshing approach.

Deeply moving

A searingly honest book

Extremely honest and candid

(A) testament to the ferocity of maternal love