Try and Make Me! : A Revolutionary Program for Raising Your Defiant Child; Without Losing Your Cool Book

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Part 1 Why Did Our House Turn Into a War Zone?
Chapter 1: Winning the Brat War	3
Chapter 2: Where Defiance Starts	8
Chapter 3: Because I Said So	17
Chapter 4: Other Influences	23
Chapter 5: Why Aren't These Kids Motivated to Change?	30
Part 2 Who Has Control of This Joystick?
Chapter 6: May I Have This Dance?	41
Chapter 7: Parenting Mythology	46
Part 3 Getting the Monkey off Your Back
Chapter 8: It's His Head, Not Yours	55
Chapter 9: Avoiding a Power Struggle	66
Part 4 Upping the Ante by Intensifying the Positives
Chapter 10: Growing Your Relationship	83
Chapter 11: When Praise Doesn't Work	92
Chapter 12: Rewarding Small Changes	97
Chapter 13: The Power of Playtime	102
Part 5 You Solve It, or I'll Solve It
and You Won't Like My Solution
Chapter 14: Training Camp	113
Chapter 15: The Power of Consequences	120
Chapter 16: TimeOut	132
Chapter 17: Hold Downs	141
Chapter 18: Guided Compliance	155
Chapter 19: Pulling In the Reins	161
Chapter 20: The Academy	166
Chapter 21: Exercising the Future Muscle	180
Chapter 22: Parenting Miscues	186
Chapter 23: United We Stand	193
Chapter 24: Send-Off	200
Resources
Responding to Defiance, Step by Step	205
Scripts for Shutting Down Arguments	208
For Further Reference	214
Index	217