The Game Theorist's Guide to Raising Happy Kids

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 4, 2016

Using a game theorist's take on parenthood as a series of negotiations, Kevin Zollman, game theory expert, and Paul Raeburn, blogger, media critic, writer, offer a blueprint.

Their book is 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 (Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016).

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