safeguard against? we will find out. our next guest says yes. he has written a book to lead you in the write direction. joining us now is pediatrician lavigne and author of the book "raising a self-reliant child back to basics parenting plan from birth to age 6." doctor nice to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> what prompted you to write this book. are kids too needsy. >> combination of what i have seen in my own children and my practice which is as a desire to want to nurture children, parents are sort of being over involved in their every day life and they are helicoptering over them. sort of swooping in to help them and make things easier in a sense they are really doing them a disservice because kids need to learn how to do things on their own. otherwise you have a child going off to college who doesn't know how to get dressed by himself. >> first thing you talk about is sleep and cover. if you don't sleep train your kids you can have a whole host of issues. parents think oh my kid just doesn't sleep. it's really the parent's responsibility to get them to sleep, right? >> from an early age if you guide your child to learn