You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.