This is a FANTASTIC book, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has a defiant or easily frustrated child. Just the beginning of the book alone was really helpful to me – the author believes that most children with the sorts of issues he describes in this book (ADD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, etc.) really are motivated to do well (in other words, it’s not just more discipline that is needed), and that they do well if they have the ability. If they are misbehaving, it’s likely because they don’t have the developmental skills to do any differently.

Then, the author gives some strategies for making the child’s environment “User-friendlier,” to reduce the number of tantrums and other sorts of episodes, mostly through what is basically well-defined “choose your battles” system. I loved this book. 10/10.