Alfie Kohn

The Hippie Housewife talks behaviour modification

August 17, 2009




Sometimes life just doesn’t leave a lot of time for blogging. As has been the case in the past, I just don’t have the time right now to dedicate to all of the fabulously interesting and insightful things I would like to write. In all seriousness, I do have a few things planned that I [...]

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Short-term versus long-term parenting

June 18, 2008




When I wrote recently about germs versus chemicals, I raised the concept of short-term parenting versus long-term parenting and mentioned that I wanted to write more about it later. Let me start by explaining the concept. To me, short-term parenting means that the parenting choices you make are designed to have an immediate outcome that [...]

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When all else fails….

May 27, 2008




I’ve done a lot of reading about discipline. I know that I will never spank my children (see Project No Spank or Dr. Sears’ 10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Child to understand why). I will not belittle my children or otherwise verbally abuse them. I’ve learned a lot from books that I’ve read on how [...]

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