<b>A family psychologist offers parents clear and simple techniques for disarming the strategies kids use to manipulate them.</b><br /><br />Every parent knows that children quickly learn how to push their buttons. Now, this invaluable and insightful book, written by a prominent clinical psychologist, identifies the specific ways kids manipulate their parents?and how to stop each tactic. These uncannily sophisticated and undermining strategies include:<br /><br /> ? Emotional blackmail<br /> ? Shutting down<br /> ? Negotiation<br /> ? Protest<br /> ? Playing the victim<br /> ? Dividing the parents<br /><br /> Filled with informative and practical advice, this insightful guide is designed to help parents restore harmony, discipline, and healthy relationships?and put an end to selfish, manipulative behavior for good.