Straight talk on solving and preventing family problems from a dynamic husband-and-wife team Dr. Darlene Powell-Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson led the way to great relationships between men and women in the bestselling Friends, Lovers, and Soul Mates. Now, in this enlightening and inspiring guide, they show parents how to forge bonds of cooperation, support, and mutual respect. Based on eight essential principles that promote trust, respect, and spirituality, Team-Spirited Parenting holds the necessary tools to raising happy, well-adjusted, and well-behaved children. The Hopsons stress the importance of fathers being allowed to become true partners in raising kids (an important message emerging in the current research). Full of inventories, checklists, and practical exercises, this book offers all parents the powerful message that they are not and should not be alone in raising children. Divorced, never-married, and single parents also will learn how to create the team that their children need.