This groundbreaking approach to parenting offers a proven program for getting manipulative children back on track. The core of the program is the concept of value-guided parenting, which requires parents to establish a set of values and then teaches children to behave in keeping with these values.
Ernest W. Swihart Jr. was a behavioral pediatrician and the co-author, with Patrick Cotter, of
The Manipulative Child: How to Regain Control and Raise Resilient, Resourceful, and Independent Kids. He lived in South Dakota, and died in 2014.
Patrick Cotter is a child psychologist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the co-author, with Ernest W. Swihart Jr., of
The Manipulative Child: How to Regain Control and Raise Resilient, Resourceful, and Independent Kids.