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In this day of two­ earner couples and single parents, when 9­ year­ olds have cellphones, 12 ­year­ olds are binge drinking and having oral sex, and there is evidence that teens are more fearful and  depressed than ever, the challenges of rearing competent and loving human beings are  enough to make a parent seek help from Super nanny.

Alan Kazdin knows where I’ve gone wrong. He knows that I nag, and threaten, and then try to reason with my child, explaining why what she’s doing is a bad idea. And he knows that none of those time-honored parenting techniques work worth a darn.