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This timeless parenting classic remains just as important today as when it was first released, shedding light on a widely misunderstood issue: the growing influence of peers—amplified by social media and video games—in replacing parents’ role in children’s lives. Now featuring a new chapter, the book offers valuable insight into this modern challenge and what parents can do to address it.

Winner of the National Parenting Publications Gold Award, *Hold On to Your Kids* explores how peer groups shape children’s values, identities, and behaviors, often becoming more influential than parents. The need to fit in and be “cool” takes priority, but this shift is neither natural nor beneficial. It weakens family bonds, disrupts healthy development, and contributes to an anxious, conformist, and disconnected youth culture.

In this essential guide, renowned physician and bestselling author Gabor Maté teams up with psychologist Gordon Neufeld to examine the root causes of this issue and provide practical strategies for parents to reconnect with their children. By restoring the parent-child bond, Neufeld and Maté help parents reclaim their role as a primary source of security, guidance, and love, offering a path toward raising emotionally healthy and resilient kids.