Christina Hillsberg is a former CIA intelligence officer and author of License to Parent: How My Career as a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids and the forthcoming Agents of Change: The Women who Transformed the CIA (Kensington, 2025).

License to Parent is a groundbreaking parenting guide told through the eyes of a CIA spy turned stay-at-home-mom who leverages her CIA skills and training to teach parents how to raise resourceful, self-sufficient children.

“A fresh and fascinating perspective on child-rearing.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Insightful and entertaining, this is a winning spin on the usual parenting fare.” —Publishers Weekly

“What does being a spy have to do with being a parent? A lot. The intriguing storytelling reads like a novel but the real takeaways here are the crucial everyday skills anyone can teach their kids so they become more independent, more resourceful, and more confident.” —Eve Rodsky, author of New York Times bestseller Fair Play

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