This book proposes an antipodal view to "helicopter parenting" (the approach where the whole lives of parents are wrapped up in their children).
The book is
Duct Tape Parenting: A Less Is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible, and Resilient Kids, by Vicki Hoefle.
The ebook is rated 4 1/2 stars, from 122 reviews at the present moment. It is 288 pages long, rendering a audio length of just under 9 hours.
A breakdown of the deal: buy the ebook for the marked-down price of $1.99 (digital list price $18.99). Then, you can buy the Whispersync audiobook companion for only $3.99. Total for the audiobook, with the ebook and Whispersync benefits thrown in for "free,"
$5.98.
You can get both the ebook and the Whispersync audiobook from this one page:
http://www.amazon.com/Duct-Tape-Pare...Resilient+Kids.
My posting of this book does not mean that I necessarily endorse the view of parenting held by the author. I am just putting the book "out there" for your consideration.