{"product_id":"game-theorists-guide-to-parenting-9780374536909","title":"The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I absolutely loved this book, both as a parent and as a nerd.\" --Jessica Lahey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Failure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelightfully witty, refreshingly irreverent, and just a bit Machiavellian, \u003ci\u003eThe Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e looks past the fads to offer advice you can put into action today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 strategies successfully applied to big business deals and politics--such as the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Ultimatum Game--can be used to solve such titanic, age-old parenting problems as dividing up toys, keeping the peace on long car rides, and sticking to homework routines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raeburn and Zollman open each chapter with a common parenting dilemma. Then they show how carefully concocted schemes involving bargains and fair incentives can save the day. Through smart case studies of game theory in action, Raeburn and Zollman reveal how parents and children devise strategies, where those strategies go wrong, and what we can do to help raise happy and savvy kids while keeping the rest of the family happy too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Raeburn\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eDo Fathers Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Parenting Publications Gold Medal winner and a Mom's Choice Award winner, and \u003ci\u003eAcquainted with the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of raising children with mental illness. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He lives in New York City. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Zollman\u003c\/b\u003e is a game theorist and an associate professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been covered in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fsg Adult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652132540690,"sku":"9780374536909","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_246c6c68-048a-4c1b-89c2-d476afb76285.jpg?v=1733318489","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/game-theorists-guide-to-parenting-9780374536909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}