How to deal with Difficult Parents is a humorous yet helpful manual for managing parents and preventing pointless conflict. This book offers helpful advice on what to say and how to say it to parents who contest your lesson plans, disagree with your disciplinary actions, or threaten to inform the principal on you, whether you're a teacher (normal or special education) or a coach. The author demonstrates for teachers how to deal with the most challenging parent types, including the Helicopter Mom, the Caped Crusader, Ms. "Quit Picking on My Kid," The Intimidator, No Show's Dad, and Pinocchio's Mom, among others, drawing on years of experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and professor. This revised edition of How to Handle Difficult Parents emphasizes how to assist establish healthy discourse, and it is a must-have for instructors everywhere, both those just starting out and those already deep in the trenches