A national award-winning artist and designer, Larry is a single parent of five children and grandfather of twelve. His quest for more positive and effective parenting methods has evolved over thirty years, culminating in this second edition of Parenting and the Power of Respect. He is currently retired and living in Ogden, Utah. He graduated from college in 1976 with a BFA with an emphasis in visual communication and has professional experience as a counselor for troubled children. Four of his children are married and have children of their own that are being raised with the Power of Respect, a testament to the value of the System from the child's point of view. He maintains a close relationship with all of his children.