Didier Pleux

From the Child as King to the Child as Tyrant

Clearly presented advice to help parents develop their good child-rearing sense. The very great clarity and consistency of Didier Pleux’s thinking.

Didier Pleux

From the King Child to the Tyrant Child

More and more parents are faced with what amounts to a “power take-over” by their children. The tyrannical child makes constant demands, uses his parents for his own ends and creates a climate of psychological violence. The solution lies in education — coupled with authority. This is a lively, clear and polemical work which shows parents how to redefine their parental authority and should enable them to feel less anxious. Besides offering practical psychological advice, it also provides an examination of what living in society means. Didier Pleux is a clinical psychologist

Gisèle George

My Child Is Confrontational

Gisèle George

My Child is Defiant What Should I Do? What Should I Say?

Gisèle George

My Child is Defiant What Should I Do? What Should I Say?

Antoine Compagnon

On Authority Annual Colloquium of the Collège de France

Christian Vigouroux

On the Need for Using Force …As long as there are guidelines

An incisive essay on what democracies can do when faced with violence. Thoughtful comments that add depth to current debates about security and respecting freedom. A talented essay-writer who combines political musings and literary references. The author’s high political office grants him a particular legitimacy for commenting on these subjects.

Patrice Huerre, Philippe Petitfrère

Questions of Authority At School, at Home, in Business

An increasing demand to review relationships of authority has been emerging over the past fifty years.