A groundbreaking approach to parenting by nationallyrespected 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. Students whose main goal is to get as are apt to become less interested in what theyre learning. Kohn debunks many popular discipline strategies including timeouts, positive reinforcement and praise, reward systems, and punishment. They lead to emotionfocused coping and repair of the self, rather than problemfocused coping. More than just another book about discipline, unconditional parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. I do believe that proactive parenting is more effective than reactive parenting. And ive been told many times that parents have found his book unconditional parenting the most useful parenting book they had read.
He is the author of 12 books, including punished by rewards, the schools our children deserve, beyond discipline, unconditional parenting. More than just another book about discipline, though, unconditional parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. Moving from rewards and punishments to love and reason paperback march 28, 2006. The concept of unconditional parenting appeals to me, the idea that we love our kids unconditionally. Moving from rewards and punishments to love and reason 1st atria books trade pbk. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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. Unconditional parenting by alfie kohn i often recommended to parents an article by alfie kohn called 5 reasons to stop saying good boygood girl.