Despite the fact that this book was written in the '90s (which often turns people off from reading "dated" parenting books), the information in this book is still very relevant today. Cloud and Townsend focus on raising our children based on building character and instilling morals and values. Even in our technology-heavy world today, we still strive to instill our children with the morals and values we deem important and to bring them up with the type of character that we feel is important for them in the adult world, and the ways in which we can do that is the focus and drive of this book.