Pre_face for the New Edition<br > We wrote the preface for the 1990 edition of Raising Kids<br > Who Can confident about the usefulness of family meetings<br > and hopeful that we would be able to reach a wide and varied<br >audience. The initial response to the book has confirmed our<br >confidence.<br > In the spring of 1990 we were invited to the Soviet Union<br >to teach psychologists， psychiatrists， and educators about Ad-<br >lerian psychology and parenting techniques. The response<br >was overwhelmingly enthusiastic. The formerly Soviet repub-<br >lics are well aware that raising children for a democratic<br >system requires qualities and abilities far different from those<br >necessary for survival in an autocratic society. Abilities such<br >as taking initiative， assuming responsibility， evaluating infor-<br >mation， making decisions for themselves， and communicating<br >effectively are especially important for people who will be<br >asked to vote and participate in the post-perestroika repub-<br >lics. An Estonian translation of the book has been completed<br >and will be published this year.<br ><br >