Raise Your Kids to Succeed: What Every Parent Should Know describes what parents can do to be effective and help their children succeed, both in school and in life. Part I opens with some big, foundational questions, including the need for parents to realize their own importance. It goes on to discuss how to create a family mission statement, the importance of creating family traditions and rituals, and the pivotal need to model good behavior. Part II starts by exploring ways to let your kids know the importance you attach to education. It stresses the importance of really listening to your kids, reading to them, getting outside with them to enjoy nature, and teaching them life skills. Part III explores ways for you to be present at your child's school and to be an advocate for your child. It also focuses on the issue of bullying and how to counter a toxic, sexualized and violent culture. Raise Your Kids to Succeed will help your children succeed and reach all of the dreams that you have for them-and, more important, the ones they have for themselves.

Chris Palmer is an end-of-life activist and a trained hospice volunteer. He founded and currently leads an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village and serves on the board of several nonprofits focused on end-of-life issues, including Montgomery Hospice and Prince George's Hospice, Final Exit Network, Funeral Consumers Alliance, Hemlock Society of San Diego, and the Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight. He has written ten books and frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying issues. Proceeds from all his books fund scholarships for American University (AU) students, where he served 14 years on AU's full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence. Before becoming involved in end-of-life issues, he spent forty years as a wildlife and conservation filmmaker. To learn more, visit www.ChrisPalmerOnline.com.