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Tables of Contents for Try and Make Me!
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Part 1 Why Did Our House Turn Into a War Zone?
Winning the Brat War
3
5
Where Defiance Starts
8
9
Because I Said So
17
6
Other Influences
23
7
Why Aren't These Kids Motivated to Change?
30
11
Part 2 Who Has Control of This Joystick?
May I Have This Dance?
41
5
Parenting Mythology
46
9
Part 3 Getting the Monkey off Your Back
It's His Head, Not Yours
55
11
Avoiding a Power Struggle
66
17
Part 4 Upping the Ante by Intensifying the Positives
Growing Your Relationship
83
9
When Praise Doesn't Work
92
5
Rewarding Small Changes
97
5
The Power of Playtime
102
11
Part 5 You Solve It, or I'll Solve It...and You Won't Like My Solution
Training Camp
113
7
The Power of Consequences
120
12
Time Out
132
9
Hold Downs
141
14
Guided Compliance
155
6
Pulling In the Reins
161
5
The Academy
166
14
Exercising the Future Muscle
180
6
Parenting Miscues
186
7
United We Stand
193
7
Send-Off
200
17
Resources
Responding to Defiance, Step by Step
205
3
Scripts for Shutting Down Arguments
208
6
For Further Reference
214
3
Index
217