Susan Newman, Ph.D.

Susan Newman, Ph.D., social psychologist, blogs for Psychology Today Magazine and is the author of The Case for the Only Child: Your Essential Guide (HCI), Under One Roof Again: All Grown Up and (Re)learning to Live Together Happily(Lyons Press),The Book of NO: 365 Ways to Say It–and Mean It and Stop People-Pleasing Forever(Turner Publishing), Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and OnlyBroadway/Doubleday), and Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day (Iron Gate Press), others. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter and Sign Up for my free Monthly Family Life Alert Newsletter.

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