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The game theorist's guide to parenting : how the science of strategic thinking can help you deal with the toughest negotiators you know--your kids / Paul Raeburn and Kevin Zollman.

by Raeburn, Paul.

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Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

Game theory -- Social aspects.

9780374536909 (pbk.)

222 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I Cut, You Pick -- Don't Cut Barbie in Half! -- He Got a LEGO Set? That's Not Fair! -- You Can't Be Serious! -- The Dog Ate My Homework -- He Started It! -- Why Can't You Pay for This? -- Are You Saying You Don't Believe Me? -- You Can't Tell Me What to Do! -- Epilogue : Leaving the Nest.

Raeburn and Zollman pair up to highlight tactics from the worlds of economics and business that can help parents break the endless cycle of quarrels and ineffective solutions. They show that some of the same strategies successfully applied to big business deals and politics can be used to solve such titanic, age-old parenting problems as dividing up toys, keeping the peace on long car rides, and sticking to homework routines.

Zollman, Kevin, 1979-

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