While it's easy to "fix" problems like bad grades or broken curfews with rewards, punishments, or fear, all of these techniques lead to losing influence with a child in the long run. This book helps parents and educators understand how to solve problems with young people without losing influence with them. Dr. Greene's "collaborative problem solving" framework teaches us how to address issues that come up with kids or students in deeply respectful and human ways that build independence, responsibility, and trust.
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