Social psychologist Susan Newman, Ph.D. blogs for Psychology Today magazine. She previously taught at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Susan Newman is the author of 13 books, including The Book of No: 250 Ways to Say Itand Mean Itand Stop People-Pleasing Forever (McGraw-Hill), Parenting an Only Child, The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only (Broadway), Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day (Crown), Little Things Mean A Lot: Creating Happy Memories with Your Grandchildren (Crown), and Nobody's Baby Now: Reinventing Your Adult Relationship With Your Mother and Father (Walker). See: www.susannewmanphd.com and www.thebookofno.com.

