The role of a parent is more demanding than ever we talk to dress, and feed our children while scheduling appointments, checking our work emails, and solving problems that have somehow made their way into our kitchen. But as deadlines are met and meetings scheduled, one has to consider the implications of these uninvited guests stealing our parenting opportunities. Are we allowing the urgent to overrule the important? In this timely, insightful handbook. Timothy Dukes. PhD, consultant, psychologist and father, urges parents to slow down unplug, and just be with their children. Dukes advocates, The key to parenting lies in our willingness to learn, through our experiences of parenting, what it means to be a parent. In chapters organized from A to Z, with core themes like balance and say yes, Dukes guides readers on the path to becoming a more present, in-the-moment parent. Book jacket.