Scientific American

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??I absolutely loved this book?? both as a parent and as a nerd.?? ??Jessica Lahey?? author of The Gift of Failure

As every parent knows?? kids are surprisingly clever negotiators. But how can we avoid those all-too-familiar wails of ??That??s not fair!?? and ??You can??t make me!??? In The Game Theorist??s Guide to Parenting?? the award-winning journalist and father of five Paul Raeburn and the game theorist Kevin 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. Raeburn and Zollman show that some of the same strategi