A common sense approach to raising your children, this indispensable guide to good parenting is as straight talking as it is spot-on. With advice that takes parents from a baby's first gasps of air to their life-changing grasp of a high school diploma, Miller's savvy, Southern-inflected perspective can teach anyone some basic principles to successfully raise their children or grandchildren, read their body language, and even have the tools to potentially save their lives. Brimming with both the tried true, the old-fashioned techniques and up-to-the-minute tools, it's required reading for parents who are committed to good parenting in a confusing contemporary world.