Children bring boundless love, unbridled joy and overwhelminghappiness into your life. They also bring temper tantrums, stubbornmoods and strong wills. To deal with these obstinate emotions,parents often have to turn into hustlers, tricking their child intodoing things that he or she refuses to do, such as getting dressed,holding still, trying new foods or going to sleep. Dirty Tricks forParents gives parents tools to easily con their little one, fromshort one-line cons to longer, step-by-step scams. Learn the powerof "magic" to convince your child to do practically anything, thevalue of having a stopwatch for timing how "fast" he can dosomething, and other tricks for keeping your kid clean, fed,clothed and happy - even if she would rather be dirty, hungry,naked and bored.
“I wonder sometimes if there’s something to the oldsuperstition about the number thirteen. Maybe that superstition wasoriginally created by the mothers in some tribe who noticed that intheir children’s thirteenth year, they suddenly became possessed byevil spirits. Because it did seem that whenever Taz was around,things spilled and shattered, calm turned into chaos, and temperswere lost.” So laments the mother of one thirteen-year-old boy, Taz, a teenwho, overnight it seemed, went from a small, sweet, loving boy to ahulking, potty-mouthed, Facebook/MySpace–addicted C student whodidn’t even bother to hide his scorn for being anywhere in theproximity of his parents. As this startling transformation floors journalist Beth Harpazand her husband, Elon, Harpaz tries to make sense of a bizarreteenage wilderness of $100 sneakers, clouds of Axe body spray (tohide the scent of pot?!), and cell phone bills so big they requirenine-by-twelve envelopes. In the process, she begins chroniclingh
What happens to Queen Bees and Wannabes when they growup? Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peerpressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act likethey’re back in seventh grade. In Queen Bee Moms KingpinDads, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficultsituations involving teachers and other parents with grace.Reassuring, funny, and unfailingly honest, Wiseman reveals: ? Why PTA meetings and Back-to-School nights tap into parents’deepest insecurities ? How to recognize the archetypal moms and dads—from Caveman Dadto Hovercraft Mom ? How and when to step in and step out of your child’s conflictswith other children, parents, teachers, or coaches ? How to interpret the code phrases other parents use to avoid(or provoke) confrontation ? Why too many well-meaning dads sit on the sidelines, and howvital it is that they step up to the plate＝ ? What to do and say when the playing field becomes an arena forpeopl
