Looking for the title and purchase info re a tv program I saw in the
last year or so on 48 hours/20 20 or similar-(may have been a special
program) showing three families who had young children who were
controlling the family. One family had 2 young daughters who were
totally in control of the parents. A specialist gave the families
tools to take back control of the family like ignoring whining,
positive reinforcement of good behavior, setting limits etc. and

Dear cruiser50-ga

Your descriptive question certainly helped me. The specialist was a Dr
Carolyn Crowder and the documentary, The Whining War : Ways to Stop
Your Kids From Whining, featured on ABC 20/20.

The transcript and video are available by telephoning: 1-800-CALL-ABC
http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/transcripts/2020_000407_whining_trans.html

Article on the documentary:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/2020/2020_000407_whining_feature.html

Interview with Dr Crowder:
http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000407_whining_chat.html

Link to the book: Whining: 3 Steps to Stopping It Before the Tears and
Tantrums Start
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684857421/qid=1040377298/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-6592450-7467032

Other books by the author:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Crowder%2C%20Carolyn/103-6592450-7467032

Please ask for a clarification, or if the links do not work, before
rating this answer.

answerfinder-ga

Search strategy
television "three families" "20/20" control
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=television+%22three+families%22+%2220%2F20%22+control
This gave me the name of the book by Krauder (incorrect spelling as it
turned out). Went to Amazon and found it by part of the title
‘Whining’. This gave me the correct spelling.

Thank You so very much.  My husband and I have been searching for this
for some time and you found it along with other very valuable
information.  We will purchase the video and the book and send it to
the parents of our Granchild who so desperately needs these
guidelines.