What I wanted to do with this book was give back the quiet wisdom of generations to every parent who watches their child struggle and has no idea where to turn.

Over 15 years of experience in early childhood education
Doris Peterson
Children's author and educator

Doris is a children's author and educator with over 15 years of experience in early childhood and primary school teaching. After studying at the University of Vienna, one of Europe's most respected institutions for developmental psychology, she stepped into classrooms and quickly noticed something nobody dared say out loud:

Children were learning to read, write and count. But nobody was teaching them how to cope when life falls apart.

Year after year, Doris saw the same pattern. The restless kids in class, the ones who couldn't sit still, who lost their temper, who forgot their homework, weren't stupid. They weren't lazy. They weren't broken.

Nobody had simply shown them how their brain works.

She saw children with ADHD let down by a system that offered only two solutions: tell them off more or medicate them more. She saw parents paying thousands of dollars to psychologists who taught children to breathe deeply without ever explaining why it should help. She saw the silent tears in the eyes of mothers who knew their child was something special but could no longer say it out loud.

She had seen enough.

In 2019, Doris left the classroom to write down everything she knew. She combined decades of developmental psychology research with stories children actually want to hear. No lectures. No rules. Just a boy named Max who lives exactly what every child lives and who finds his way back, one small rule at a time.

The book became more than she ever imagined. Parents from across the UK, Canada, Australia and the US started reaching out. Educators began using it in classrooms. Child psychologists started recommending it in their sessions.

Doris lives today with her family in Salzburg, where she is working on her next book.

She has one mission: no child with an active, emotionally intense brain should grow up believing they are broken.

Here is what you get with Murphy's Law for Kids

Unlike other books, this one is incredibly easy to use. The first thing you see when you open it is the Toolkit, Murphy's own medicine cabinet of life rules, organised on shelves according to what your child is struggling with right now.

Each shelf of the Toolkit shows you exactly which story, which rule and which page helps with the specific problem you are facing.

Full colour illustrations that grab a child's attention. Concrete tools the child can use themselves without you having to nag.

Say your child just came home and slammed their bedroom door after being left out of a birthday party. You go to the Social Shelf and look for stories that help with exclusion. The Forgotten Invitation sounds exactly like what your child needs right now.

As you can see, you find it on page 21. And here is the full rule. It only takes 8 minutes to read together.

Here are just some of the 28 life rules you will find in Murphy's Toolkit

The Focus and Attention Shelf

These rules help your child break free from the sensory overload that overwhelms them, return to the task in front of them, settle the constantly active brain, handle boring moments like schoolwork, recover their attention after interruptions, finish what they start, feel the pride of achieving something on their own and build the inner voice that says I can do this.

Here are some of the rules you will find on this shelf:

The Quiet Room Rule. Teaches the child to find their own calm place inside their brain without medication

The Tortoise Trick. The age-old technique that settles a hyperactive child with ADHD in 90 seconds

The 28-Second Magic. Why an active child's brain loses the thread exactly when you think they are listening, and what you can do instead

Murphy's Pause Button. The physical gesture that immediately breaks a frustration spiral

Nature's Adderall. The daily trick that parents in Salzburg have used for three generations to help children focus without side effects

The Moving Calm Method. How your child can find stillness even when their body wants to keep moving

The Responsibility and Independence Shelf

These rules help your child take responsibility without falling apart, admit mistakes without collapsing into shame, tidy up after themselves without being asked, manage simple tasks like getting dressed on time, learn to ask for help as a strength rather than a weakness, find pride in doing things on their own, break the dependence on parental reminders and grow into the person they are meant to be.

The Own Up Rule. How the child says that was me without destroying their self-esteem

The Knocked-Over Jar. The story that teaches children to tidy up after themselves without nagging

Murphy's Little List. The visual system that eliminates 90 percent of morning arguments

The Ask for Help Trick. Why your child refuses to ask for help and how to turn that around

Their Own Clock. How to teach a child with ADHD to perceive time in a way that actually works

Murphy's Done List. The simple checklist that teaches your child to finish what they start

The Social Relationships Shelf

These rules help your child read social situations they previously didn't understand, handle not being invited without falling apart, say sorry without disappearing into shame, navigate the misunderstandings that so often affect emotionally intense children, find their place in a group, stand up against unfairness, rebuild after friendship conflicts and form friendships that hold even when things get hard.

The Ask Don't Guess Rule. The technique that resolves 80 percent of children's misunderstandings in seconds

The Secret Invitation. The story that teaches your child that facts matter more than feelings in social situations

Murphy's Friend Compass. How the child can sense for themselves which friends are safe

The Mirror Boy. The simple exercise that builds empathy in children who struggle to read others

The Justice Fox. How your child can stand up against unfairness without getting into fights

The Reconciliation Bridge. The conversation template that restores a friendship after an argument

The Creativity and Independent Thinking Shelf

These rules help your child think outside the box without losing their footing, connect ideas others don't see as related, tell themselves it is good that I think differently, defend their own opinion in a group, say no to peer pressure, handle it when friends don't understand, turn their different brain into a superpower and build the self-confidence no teacher can give them.

The Cracked Rule. The story that teaches children to see their mistakes as discoveries

The Pyjama Inventor. How to nurture the creative genius that already exists inside your child

The Better Than Lego Trick. The subtle language that unlocks blocked doors in an ADHD child's mind

The Freedom of the Blank Page. Why an active child needs chaos before order, and how to allow it

Murphy's What-If Game. A simple evening ritual that doubles creativity in two weeks

The Thought Garden. The image the child never forgets for understanding their own brain

And all of this is just the tip of the iceberg

Here are 4 more life rules you will find in this solid 51-page toolkit:

The Big Recovery. How your child learns to get back up after failure without losing confidence in themselves

Murphy's Safety Circle. The mental technique that gives anxious children an inner anchor

The Brain Shake. The exercise that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain in 4 minutes

The Silent Win. How to reward small victories in a way that builds lasting self-esteem

This is like having Doris as your personal mentor without paying $120 per hour for a child psychologist.

Think about it. A single session with a child psychologist costs more than the entire book plus all the bonuses combined. And that is just ONE session. To get the knowledge Doris shares with you over 12 weeks, you would have had to book a private child psychologist week after week, paying over $1,440 in total, and you still would not have received the same personal insight you get delivered directly to your inbox every Sunday. Here you get Doris's own words, her real experiences and her most-used techniques, completely without a waiting list and without having to explain the same thing over and over to a new person.

What sets Murphy's Law apart from every other children's book

A textbook format that children refuse to read. That is what other ADHD books offer. Murphy's Law for Kids is stories children ask for every night.

Researchers who have never met your child write most ADHD books. Murphy's Law for Kids is written by a teacher with 15 years of experience with real children.

Generic advice that does not fit your situation is what most ADHD books give you. Murphy's Law for Kids has 28 specific life rules for real situations.

Just text. Nothing else. That is what other ADHD books look like. Murphy's Law for Kids has full colour illustrations that catch the ADHD eye.

Most ADHD books talk about your child. Murphy's Law for Kids talks directly to your child in their language.

No support after purchase with other books. Murphy's Law for Kids includes 12 weeks of personal coaching from Doris.

You have your own educational medicine cabinet at home

Murphy's Law for Kids is the only complete book that covers the most important life principles our grandparents used to teach before school became so focused on performance that it forgot about character.

This is the strongest possible foundation for any parent who wants to rediscover the forgotten wisdom that was silenced by a system that values grades over character.

The forgotten wisdom of your own childhood, rediscovered

Inside you will also find the rules that might have helped you when you were a child yourself, the advice your grandmother used to give you when you cried in her kitchen.

Even if she may no longer be by your side, with this book you can recreate the guidance she gave you.

A shield against a system that lets active children down

As you probably know, school lets down the restless children first. In the UK, Canada and Australia, waiting lists for child mental health services regularly stretch to 6 to 12 months. Private child psychologists are booked out months in advance. And they all offer the same two solutions: tell them off more, or medicate them more.

When you cannot wait for the system, this book can be your lifeline. With it, you yourself can give your child the tools nobody else will give them.

You can get it today

You have read this far. That means something.

It means that something inside you already knows your child deserves more than what the system offers. That mornings do not have to be a battleground. That evenings do not have to end in tears. That your child does not have to grow up believing they are broken.

Not in six months when the system might finally call back. Not after another term of teacher phone calls home. Not after another sleepless night wondering if you are doing it all wrong.

Do not wait. The guidance you have been looking for, perhaps for years, is one click away.