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Some food for thought in your professional career. Kids and Co: winning business tactics for every family

Kids and Co: winning business tactics for every family

By Ros Jay (White Ladder Press, 6.99, 01803 813343)

Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, early years consultant

There are some sound ideas in this book. Parents, and possibly practitioners, will find helpful advice for the ups and downs of relationships with children and young teenagers. It is true that many of the communication and negotiation skills needed in adult working life are also relevant, with some adjustments, for family or group life.

It took me a while to identify what left me dissatisfied with this book. I wanted greater recognition that parents have a vital emotional dimension to the relationship with their children. Those feelings can complicate putting the more sensible skills to work. The relationship needs to offset any sense of using 'techniques' on your family. Mutual affection will reduce the chance that older children and teenagers simply use the techniques back on you, as would a client in a business relationship.

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