The Harvard Common Press

“This is not a book that tells you how you ought to bring up your children.  Instead, it is an exploration of the values parents – mostly mothers – think are important, the questions children ask, the conflicts and challenges connected with behavior and relationships in a fast-changing world.” So Sheila Kitzinger and her daughter Celia sum up their purpose in a book that covers all the “biggies” – sex, birth, death, lying, food, war, religion, obedience, friends, and prejudice.  In examining these topics, the Kitzingers strive to “provide a stimulus for parents to explore what they think and believe, and how they behave with their children.”
Tough Questions provides historical and cultural perspective on the many sticky topics that concern all parents.  Abundant quotes from a broad spectrum of parents help readers understand that more than one path can lead to the goal parents all share – to raise moral and emotionally healthy children.
If parents are to pass on the values they hold dear, they must strive to respond to their children honestly and with the courage of their convictions.  Tough Questions will help them do this.