| Introduction | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 | The Art of Soothing a Screaming Child | |
| On fussy infants and toddler freak-outsat home, in stores, and on the road | p. 9 |
Chapter 2 | The Art of Getting Your Kid to Eat Stuff | |
| Food trickery for babies and picky eaters | p. 33 |
Chapter 3 | The Art of Getting Your Kid to Act Like a Person | |
| On getting out the door, bathing and grooming, potty stuff, manners, cleaning up, and going to bed and staying there | p. 50 |
Chapter 4 | The Art of Making Monsters Less Scary | |
| On calming active imaginations | p. 88 |
Chapter 5 | The Art of Keeping Your Kids from Strangling Each Other | |
| On sibling rivalry | p. 103 |
Chapter 6 | The Art of Keeping Your Cool | |
| Like, whenever possible | p. 121 |
Chapter 7 | The Art of Tricking Your Kid into Self-Babysitting | |
| So you can have time to recharge, talk to another grown-up, or just take a freakin' poop in peace | p. 133 |
Chapter 8 | The Art of Making This Scary-Ass World Less Scary | |
| Because real things are often scarier than imaginary things | p. 148 |
Chapter 9 | The Art of Getting Your Kid to Tell You Things | |
| Communicating with tight-lipped kids on matters big and small | p. 167 |
Chapter 10 | The Art of Getting It On as a Parent | |
| Do we really need to explain this one? | p. 185 |
Chapter 11 | The Art of Helping Your Kid Not Be a Kid | |
| Giving your baby the space to grow up, while setting boundaries that (hopefully) won't backfire | p. 205 |
Chapter 12 | The Art of Manipulating Your Parent | |
| Because once it comes full circle, you have truly won | p. 232 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 244 |