Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, the authors of the highly successful books Drama-Free Discipline and The Child's Mind, in this book place education in a broader framework: they write about it as an opportunity for children to become adults who experience positive qualities, respond flexibly to challenges, and live fulfilling lives . According to the authors, the way to this is through the development of balance, resilience (flexible ability to resist), insight and empathy, and in addition to presenting modern scientific results, they also present a number of exercises so that every parent can use everyday situations to help their child the development of these four basic elements of highly focused education.

"This book is about how we can help children say yes to the world. How we can encourage them to open their minds to new challenges, to new possibilities, to who they are and what they can become. It's about how we can tune our brains to self-centeredness."

Siegel creates a new synthesis in our psychological knowledge while bringing the world of psychotherapy close to the reader. Following the described cases, we get an idea of ​​how a therapist works and what a therapeutic relationship based on acceptance and empathy is like.