A description of how to assert your needs, opinions, and feelings EFFECTIVELY with any adult or child - including how to handle "resistances" from the other person. Assertion is one of 6 communication skills you can learn in self-study Lesson 2 of the nonprofit "Break the Cycle! Web site. Get the most from this Lesson by studying Lesson 1 (how to free your true Self) first. Read more about effective assertion at http://sfhelp.org/cx/skills/assert.htm