P.E.I. HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE WITH THE WORKS OF SPOCK AND GESELL AS ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL PARENTS WHO WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN. Parent Effectiveness Training is a proven method to bring parents and their children together and to show parents how to help their children become mature, healthy, happy,and loving. Hundreds of thousands of parents have completed Dr. Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training course with these tangible results: Less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, Warmer feelings, closer relationships Rules that are established and followed, More responsible children, Parents that are neither dictators nor doormats, Genuine friendship and respect between parents and children. The P.E.L system works with children of all ages, from the very young through the rebellious adolescent years. This book and its have been endorsed by churches, schools, youth organizations, and other agencies serving parents and children.