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Unconditional Parenting - Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Paperback, 1st Atria Books trade pbk. ed)
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Unconditional Parenting - Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Paperback, 1st Atria Books trade pbk. ed)
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A groundbreaking approach to parenting by nationally-respected
educator Alfie Kohn that gives parents "powerful alternatives to
help children become their most caring, responsible selves" (Adele
Faber, New York Times bestselling author) by switching the dynamic
from doing things to children to working with them in order to
understand their needs and how to meet them. 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. One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is
to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted
even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to
parenting such as punishments (including "time-outs"), rewards
(including positive reinforcement), and other forms of control
teach children that they are loved only when they please us or
impress us. Kohn cites a body of powerful, and largely unknown,
research detailing the damage caused by leading children to believe
they must earn our approval. That's precisely the message children
derive from common discipline techniques, even though it's not the
message most parents intend to send. More than just another book
about discipline, though, Unconditional Parenting addresses the
ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children.
It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about
raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for
shifting from "doing to" to "working with" parenting-including how
to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need
to grow into healthy, caring, responsible people. This is an
eye-opening, paradigm-shattering book that will reconnect readers
to their own best instincts and inspire them to become better
parents.
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