Have you heard or ever watched "Supernanny " ? It's a BBC show with a wise nanny ( I guess she must have some child psychology and/or family studies or so ) that goes to people's houses and help them to find solutions to resolve eventually conflicts with their kids and learn better ways of communicating with each others.
I did watch several times and found it very helpful for any parent in the world .
I don't have any kids so I can't comment on the parenting angle, but the show is very entertaining, even if its embarrassing to admit it, its a great show and I do think she has some good ideas. But, man some of these families got some little you know whats as children...LOL