Everything around us is changing! Science and technology are charting their own evolutionary path through time, influencing and altering the world, society, and ourselves. Ideologies waver, economies shift their dynamics, people evolve, even the Earth is affected.

Given these circumstances, it is undoubtedly clear that the way we will raise our children must be different from the way we were raised by our parents. However, it is not very easy to completely free ourselves from the ties of our childhood. Still, if we have the will, we can achieve this to a great extent.

This effort requires study, enthusiasm, and persistence because it is quite difficult to weaken perceptions and behaviors that have become entrenched in our minds and souls. And here lies the most demanding task of a parent, the toughest path.

I hope this book will equip you with the necessary tools to raise healthy children and healthy personalities. I won't say to raise the children you wish for, because that is a big topic analyzed in this book. The goal is – and I include myself in this – to contribute in the best way so that our children find their own path and carve their journey in the adventure of life.

We observers, counselors, guides, and companions must stand by them discreetly and intervene gently and quietly only when necessary. I hope you will benefit from the study of this book and face your parental role as a challenge that will make you better people, because we all have room to become better, to evolve, to progress...