"A compassionate, forgiving, wise book that is also eye-opening. If you read only one book on parenting and family life, make it this one."
-Dr. Sam Osherson, author of FINDING OUR FATHERS

"Dr. Sachs' book is a rich blend of good sense, humor, and clinical wisdom that shows how we can learn to love our children, as they are, and in the process learn to love ourselves."
-Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., co-author of THE OVER-SCHEDULED CHILD

"A really good book on turning the war between parents and children into a mutually nourishing relationship."
-Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE

"Brad Sachs has written more than a good-enough book; he has created a totally engaging 'must read' for any mother or father..."
-Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D., author of SPOILING CHILDHOOD

"No one writes about the miraculous complexity of family life better than Dr. Brad Sachs. The book is funny, conversational, insightful, wise. I'm a better parent because of it."
-Roberta Israeloff, author of KINDLING THE FLAME

"Brad Sachs has told parents what they've been longing to hear: Their children don't have to be perfect. This book should to much to defuse the unnecessary pressure on families today."
-Marguerite Kelly, syndicated columnist and co-author of THE MOTHERS' ALMANAC

"If the parents of my patients heeded the advice in Dr. Sachs' hopeful and helpful book their children might not need me. I wish my own parents could have read it."
-Jeanne Safer, Ph.D., author of FORGIVING AND NOT FORGIVING

"...a far better than "good enough" book to help parents in raising their kids."
-Lawrence H. Diller, M.D., author of RUNNING ON RITALIN

"This wise book will greatly enhance the parenting efforts of parents of children of all ages."
-Dr. Judith Mishne, Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University and author of THE LEARNING CURVE

"THE GOOD ENOUGH CHILD stands out amongst the glut of simplistic parenting guides as a wise, eloquent and valuable book that will be infinitely helpful and reassuring to parents."
-Nancy Samalin, M.S., author of LOVE AND ANGER, THE PARENTAL DILEMMA

"This empathetic and well-written, functional book is full of very good advice for all parents and is solidly based on the author's long experience in the psychological care of parents and children."
-Dr. H. Paul Gabriel, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University Medical School and author of ANTICIPATING ADOLESCENCE

"With wisdom, warmth, and wit, Brad Sachs puts the fun back into parenting, giving us the courage we need to abandon our Quixotic quest and the confidence to recognize that sometimes being human is better than being perfect."
-Armin A. Brott, author of THE EXPECTANT FATHER and THE NEW FATHER

"In THE GOOD ENOUGH CHILD, parents are given sage advice for combating a panoply of unrealistic pressures they are likely to encounter in raising children. This is a warm, personal, and engaging book."
-Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D., author of HOW TO HELP CHILDREN WITH COMMON PROBLEMS

"In THE GOOD ENOUGH CHILD, Dr. Brad Sachs brings compassion, sensitivity, love and sanity to the whole business of child-rearing and successful family life."
-Jerrold Lee Shapiro, Ph.D., author of THE MEASURE OF A MAN

"Entertaining and thought-provoking... a wonderful guide to help us accept our children and ourselves for the flawed but loving and loveable people we are."
-Martha B. Straus, Ph.D., Clinical Associate and Instructor, Dartmouth Medical School, author of NO-TALK THERAPY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

"Brad Sachs has an uncanny appreciation for the uniquely difficult job that parenting has become in contemporary America."
-Rabbi Daniel Gordis, author of BECOMING A JEWISH PARENT

"Brad Sachs writes with uncommonly good sense. Here he teaches the hardest and most important lesson of parenthood: how to let go of false expectations and embrace your children for who they are."
-Michael P. Nichols, Ph.D., author of THE LOST ART OF LISTENING

"By giving parents important new insights into why their kids might do what they do, Brad Sachs also gives parents important new insights into how to better appreciate them too."
-Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D., author of RAISING A THINKING PRETEEN

"Required reading for those of us burdening ourselves with the myth of the perfect world."
-Terry Hargrave, Ph.D., author of FAMILIES AND FORGIVENESS

"Brad Sachs has written a much needed, cautionary book."
-Olga Silverstein, MSW, author of THE COURAGE TO RAISE GOOD MEN

"As soon as I looked at the title I thought, 'YES!' Someone wants parents to stop punishing themselves and their child because that child IS a child and isn't perfect and is not SUPPOSED to be perfect! I intend to recommend it to others-because I know it will help a lot of parents..."
-Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., author of TEN TALKS PARENTS MUST HAVE WITH CHILDREN ABOUT SEX AND CHARACTER

"A thoughtful, intelligently written, yet readable book with much wisdom and insight to offer on parenting, family life, and marriage... an extremely valuable perspective."
-Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, and author of THE EXPLOSIVE CHILD

"...a breath of fresh air... Dr Sachs' extensive clinical experiences and sound comprehension of development have produced a sensitive and sensible book that can help both parents and kids get off to the right start."
-Ava L. Siegler, Ph.D., author of THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE NEW ADOLESENCE

"A truly remarkable book. In a masterful, well-written, compassionate way, Dr. Sachs not only provides a wealth of information about parenting skills, but does so within a framework that helps parents to learn to accept their own strengths and vulnerabilities as well as those of their children."
-Dr. Robert Brooks, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, co-author of RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN and author of THE SELF-ESTEEM TEACHER