IDEAL FOR: Craig Kielburger, Marc Kielburger and Shelley Page

Everything you need to know about raising kids, lending a hand and changing the world — all at the same time!

Inspired by a conversation between Craig & Marc Kielburger and the Dalai Lama, this book illustrates simple, everyday actions to strengthen your child’s motivation to do more in the world.

As the Kielburgers reflect on lessons from their own childhood, and Shelley Page draws from her experience as a parent, they examine the insights of contributing authors including Jane Fonda, Mia Farrow and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. After three years of research and over 200 interviews with remarkable parents, educators and experts, the result is a guide for raising compassionate and caring children.

The Dalai Lama has observed that the greatest challenge facing our time is that we’re raising a generation of passive bystanders. If he is right — and we’re convinced he is — it follows that the most vital work in this moment belongs to parents, grandparents, mentors and teachers.

The world needs your kid.

This is so much more than a book on bringing up children; it is a guide to inspiring global citizens. The future will depend on what we do today to nurture compassionate kids who care.

Raising the next generation is life’s greatest privilege and its most important responsibility. So consider this a roadmap — parents guiding children, children guiding parents. We’ve talked to educators, psychologists, coaches and parenting gurus. Better than that, we’ve consulted the greatest experts we know — Mom and Dad.

We also talked to kids. We’ve met with a million of them thanks to our work with Free The Children, the world’s largest network of children helping children through education.

Inside this unique and inspiring guide, you’ll find our simple but profound philosophy, life lessons from remarkable individuals and revealing stories from our not so conventional childhoods. We’ll show you how small actions every day can make the world a better place. We’ll explain why those same small actions can make a huge difference in the life of your child because doing good can do a world of good for friendships, grades and self-esteem.

People always ask us what our parents did to raise socially conscious children. In this book, you’ll discover everything you need to know about raising kids, lending a hand and changing the world — all at the same time!