Unconditional parenting : moving from rewards and punishments to love and reason / Alfie Kohn.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Atria Books, [2006]Edition: First Atria paperback editionDescription: 264 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780743487481
- 0743487486
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 649.1 K79 | Available | 33111008751006 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The author of Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve returns with a provocative challenge to the conventional ways of raising children. Kohn argues that all children have the need to be loved unconditionally, yet conventional approaches to parenting, such as punishment and reward, teach children that they are loved only when they please and impress parents. Kohn cites powerful research detailing the damage this can cause. Unconditional Parenting pushes parents to question their ideas of parenting and offers practical solutions to problems.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index.
Conditional parenting -- Giving and withholding love -- Too much control -- Punitive damages -- Pushed to succeed -- What holds us back? -- Principles of unconditional parenting -- Love without strings attached -- Choices for children -- The child's perspective.
"Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking, "What do kids need -- and how can we meet those needs?" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them."--Publisher's website.