Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Make--or Break--Your Child's Future

What happens to Queen Bees and Wannabes when they grow up?<br><br>Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peer pressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act like they're back in seventh grade. In <i>Queen Bee Moms &amp; Kingpin Dads</i>, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficult situations involving teachers and other parents with grace. Reassuring, funny, and unfailingly honest, Wiseman reveals:<br><br>* Why PTA meetings and Back-to-School nights tap into parents' deepest insecurities<br><br>* How to recognize the archetypal moms and dads - from Caveman Dad to Hovercraft Mom<br><br>* How and when to step in and step out of your child's conflicts with other children, parents, teachers, or coaches <br><br>* How to interpret the code phrases other parents use to avoid (or provoke) confrontation<br><br>* Why too many well-meaning dads sit on the sidelines, and how vital it is that they step up to the plate<br><br>* What to do and say when the playing field becomes an arena for people to bully and dominate other kids and adults<br><br>* How to have respectful yet honest conversations with other parents about sex and drugs when your values are in conflict<br><br>* How the way you handle parties, risky behavior, and academic performance affects your child<br><br>* How unspoken assumptions about race, religion, and other hot-button subjects sabotage parents' ability to work together<br><br><i>Queen Bee Moms &amp; Kingpin Dads</i> is filled with the kind of true stories that made Wiseman's <i>New York Times</i> bestselling book <i>Queen Bees &amp; Wannabes</i> impossible to put down. There are tales of hardworking parents with whom any of us can identify, along with tales of outrageously bad parents - the kind we all have to reckon with. For instance, what do you do when parents donate a large sum of money to a school and their child is promptly transferred into the honors program-while your son with better grades doesn't make the cut? What about the mother who helps her daughter compose poison-pen e-mails to yours? And what do you say to the parent-coach who screams at your child when the team is losing? Wiseman offers practical advice on avoiding the most common parenting &quot;land mines&quot; and useful scripts to help you navigate difficult but necessary conversations.<br><br><i>Queen Bee Moms &amp; Kingpin Dads</i> is essential reading for parents today. It offers us the tools to become wiser, more relaxed parents-and the inspiration to speak out, act according to our values, show humility, and set the kind of example that will make a real difference in our children's lives.<br><br><br>Also available as a Random House AudioBook and as an eBook