Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children

When I first studied P.E.T. in 1973, I implemented it in my home and professional work immediately. Tom Gordon had attended the same program I did at the University of Chicago and had studied with Carl Rogers. He made therapeutic communication understandable and easy to use in daily life. I immediately continued my training in P.E.T. and became the Organizational Training Director of programs in Chicago, teaching P.E.T. to leaders in the business community prior to Tom writing “Leadership Effectiveness Training.” I continue to recommend this book to parents and I teach P.E.T. to clients. It is still a phenomenal tool and a must in communication theory and understanding.

P.E.T., or Parent Effectiveness Training, began almost forty years ago as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and offer step-by-step advice to resolving family conflicts so everybody wins.  This beloved classic is the most studied, highly praised, and proven parenting program in the world — and it will work for you. Now revised for the first time since its initial publication, this groundbreaking guide will show you:

How to avoid being a permissive parent

How to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to you

How to teach your children to “own” their problems and to solve them

How to use the “No-Lose” method to resolve conflicts

Using the timeless methods of P.E.T. will have immediate results: less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, no need for punishment. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you’ll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your child will thrive.