Hold on to Your Kids

Do you ever feel like you're losing your child to their friends, their phone, or the internet? This summary reveals why kids are becoming more attached to their peers than their parents and gives you a powerful framework for rebuilding that essential, loving connection. Learn how to reclaim your natural role as your child's guide and anchor in a distracting world. You’ll discover the six stages of attachment, understand the damaging effects of "peer orientation," and get practical advice to restore your influence and bring your child back home, emotionally.

Dr. Gabor Maté is a renowned physician and bestselling author specializing in addiction, stress, and childhood development, with Gordon Neufeld being a leading authority on developmental psychology. Their collaboration combines Maté’s extensive clinical experience with traumatized individuals and Neufeld’s decades of insight into the parent-child bond. This powerful partnership emerged from a shared understanding that modern peer orientation is undermining family connections, leading them to create a vital guide for parents to reclaim their natural influence.