bThis wise and funny book presents a revolutionary yet highly practical approach to childcare leave them alone. b p iThe Idle Parenti came as a huge relief to the whole family. Suddenly, it was okay to leave the kids to sort it out among themselves. Suddenly, it was okay to be responsibly lazy. This is the most counterintuitive but most helpful and consoling child-raising manual I've yet read.--Alain de Botton, author of iThe Pleasures and Sorrows of Worki and iThe Consolations of Philosophyi p The most easy-to-follow-without-being-made-to-feel-inadequate parenting manifesto ever written . . . A godsend to parents.--iThe Sunday Timesi p Add liberal doses of music, jovial company and deep woods to play in--all central to the idle, not to say Taoist, life--and you have a recipe for bright, happy people with need of neither television nor shrink. Who could ask for more--iThe Evening Standardi p In iThe Idle Parenti, the author of iThe Freedom Manifestoi and iHow to Be Idlei applies his tr