Fun and practical, author Merrilee Boyack will have readers laughing out loud as well as feeling grateful for her parenting advice.

She's a mom who's spent the last 22 years in the real-life work of parenting. "I have four sons, 13, 15, 17 and 22. You know what that means," she writes. "I'm an absolute expert in raising children 23 and older."

Merrilee offers the "LDS Parenting Owner's Manual They Forgot to Give You" for training kids—from toddlers to teens—to be independent. It includes ideas for how to teach kids about money, investing, debt, and the importance of earning their own money; how to help children with emotional and spiritual development; and much more.