# The Manipulative Child

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- Book: [The Manipulative Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-w-swihart-jr/the-manipulative-child) ([The Manipulative Child.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-w-swihart-jr/the-manipulative-child.md))
- Authors: [Ernest W. Swihart, Jr.](https://www.bookquiver.com/ernest-w-swihart-jr), [Patrick Cotter](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-cotter)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-05-5337-949-5
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1998-03-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Why do so many of our kids--raised in the most affluent nation on earth--fail to thrive and strive and enter adulthood lacking appropriate and effective coping skills? Drs. Swihart and Cotter have come...