Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents: 62 Sure-Fire Secrets and Solutions for Successful Parenting

You, the parent, are the number one predictor of your child's success in life. Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents is a wonderfully instructive and humorous collection of 62 strategies and techniques to guide your kids through childhood. Based on psychological and behavioral research, each trick will help you become the kind of parent who is not only a teacher and friend but, most importantly, a leader. You'll learn how to

Potty train Boys - To get them to aim straight, put a small boat or other floating object in the toilet as a target. Help your child get more out of what they read - Tell them to visualize what they're reading as a movie in their heads. Teach your child to tell time - Buy them a clock with hands. Speak to your teenager - Want to get a teenager's attention? Reverse your usual approach. Help boo-boos heal - Use clean, red cloth to soak up the blood from cuts and scrapes, so your child doesn't see evidence of his pain.