Tiny Negotiators Pillows

'I'm not playing 'Bride and Groom' unless you sign this pre-nuptial aggreement!'

'You gotta learn to talk, Jeffrey -- it's part of the aging process.'

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

'I don't know what 'peer pressure' is, but it makes a GREAT excuse!'

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

Changing Minds

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

"I'll go to my room and do my homework, but I want time and a half."

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

'At first I was grounded, but my lawyer was able to plea bargain it down to 30 minutes in the Time Out Chair.'

Boy in toy car talking on phone.

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

'If I promise to be good for the next 30 years, can I have some sweets Dad?'

'Can Bradley come out and litigate?'

A successful meeting! Only one member left in a rage shouting obcenities.

"Dad since my pocket money isn't index linked, you've forced me to have to renegotiate."

'I mind my mother, and I do my lessons, and I'm here for the quid pro quo.'

"He just talked me into giving him a 200% raise in his allowance. At least we don't have to worry about him not succeeding in business when he grows up."

"I'v got this center-of-the-universe gig."

"Oh, yeah? Well, we just put out a contract on you too!!!"

"I'm not giving up the present till I see the party bag."

"If it gets tense in here I might need you to step up and BS-calate things."

"We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way."

"But it will never get better if you picket"

'Sometimes it's good to get a different perspective.'

'What split would you settle for, fifty fifty?' - 'As long as I get the hyphen as well.'

'Let's arbitrate.'

"Come pick me up. This is going nowhere,"

'I've been coming to Kindergarten every day for two weeks-- When do I get paid'

'I'm about to have a tantrum. What are you doing?'

'It certainly sounds like a fantastic offer, but I'm not supposed to answer the phone.'

Unison plans strikes

"Ok mummy, perhaps this isn't so crummy!"

"Ambitions . . . never, ever to eat broccoli again."