An essential guide for parents and educators, offering practical suggestions and strategies for raising smart, well-balanced, happily productive children. .

Starting with intelligence -- Intelligence and creativity -- The changing demands of parenting: diapers to diplomas -- A parents' guide to tests and assessments -- Education: parents' roles at school -- Education: teachers' roles, responsibilities, and requirements -- Decision-making about schooling -- Possible complications -- The social context: friends and others -- Raising children to thrive. .