Guide for parents on managing children from birth to the end of the teens.. Includes tips from the author and ones he has gathered from parents and children on dealing with such issues as tantrums, biting and crying in young children, fighting, daydreaming and school phobias in primary school children, and parent abuse, drug taking, dieting and experimenting amongst teenagers. The author was a primary school teacher who went on to study psychology and has lectured and run clinics for children with learning and behaviour problems for many years. He has been involved as a child and family psychologist on talk-back radio, television programs and as a columnist for newspapers and 'Family Circle' magazine.