Parenting is hard. And yet there has never been a manual. Until now. This is not a convoluted textbook filled with graphs and data. Parents don’t have time to sift through it all to get to the core tips. Parents just want easy to understand instructions to guide them as their children grow. K.i.S.S. is the military approach to manuals, and this book does just that. Keeps It Simple and Straightforward. The tips are research based and not anecdotal, but if parents want the underlying research, it’s all a few internet search terms away. l distills down the gist of the research into bight sized easily comprehendible tips that a parent’s exhausted brain can process. Learn about: Doon Baqi is a lawyer, writer, and former U.S. Army paratrooper. He has served as a regular contributor to the on a variety of issues, including current events and parenting.