Includes index. "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group a division of Random House, Inc. in 2011" --Title page verso.

Parenting with the brain in mind -- Two brains are better than one : integrating the left and the right -- Building the staircase of the mind : integrating the upstairs and downstairs brain -- Kill the butterflies! : integrating memory for growth and healing -- The United States of Me : integrating the many parts of the self -- The me-we connection : integrating self and other.

The authors explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures, along with advice on how to put this information to work in raising happier, calmer children.