According to the authors’ ongoing research, most families struggle with sleep problems. While this veritable epidemic keeps millions of parents from getting a good night's sleep themselves, the bigger problem is the effects on the kids. Sleep problems can put children at greater risk of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Though a host of books are meant to help new parents get babies to sleep, there are virtually no resources for the millions of parents of toddlers and school-age children. Banish Bedtime Battles offers desperate parents a scientifically based, proven 6-week program for getting children to sleep independently while increasing their well-being and sense of self-confidence. Ellen Flannery-Schroeder, Ph.D. directs the Child Anxiety Program in the Psychological Consultation Center at the University of Rhode Island, co-directs the New England Center for Anxiety, an outpatient treatment center, co-directs High Performance Parenting and helped to found The Greatest 8™, an initiative designed to promote mental health and wellness among children aged 0-8.