Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
- ISBN-10
- 0743487486
- ISBN-13
- 9780743487481
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-03-28
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Alfie Kohn
Description
The author of Punished by Rewards and The School Our Children Deserve builds on his parenting theories of working with children rather than trying to control them, argues against practices that teach children that they must earn a parent's approval, and presents techniques that promote desired child qualities through unconditional support. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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