Your child just won't go to sleep. Or won't stop asking "Why?" Or won't hurry up! You don't want to discourage their curiosity and self-expression, but ... now's just not the time. And you're too busy to study an impenetrable parenting manual. How can you teach your kids to behave without compromising their naturally ebullient spirit? Parent Talk strikes the perfect balance, offering a quick, concise, and light-hearted approach to solving the fifty most common parenting problems -- from bossiness and bedwetting to temper tantrums and table manners. Kids have reasons for their misbehaviour, and identifying those reasons is the key to turning bad behaviour into good habits. Whether your child is after attention, power, or yes, even revenge, Parent Talk will give you practical -- and proven -- strategies that will turn your home into a peaceful place. With useful checklists of do's and don'ts, clever and imaginative suggestions, and an understanding style, Parent Talk will be the one guide you turn to when your world is spinning just a little too fast. Book jacket.

Stanley Shapiro, M.A., is a therapist with a special interest in parenting. He is the founder and administrative director of the Ontario Parenting Education Centre, and is the past director of the Alfred Adler Institute of Ontario and the Adler-Dreikurs' School for Children. He conducts professional development workshops for teachers across Canada and the U.S., and speaks publicly on parenting and classroom issues His daughter, Karen Skinulis, is a Montessori director and was co-director of the Adler-Dreikurs' School for Children. The mother of two children, she also leads parenting and teacher workshops Richard Skinulis is the author of five books and writes regularly for corporate clients and magazines