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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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Apparently April 30 is Spank Out Day USA. It was initiated in 1998 to give widespread attention to the need to end corporal punishment of children and to promote non-violent ways of teaching children appropriate behavior. As my contribution, I offer up these two posts:
Best anti-spanking resources: A summary of and link to some of [...]
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Often when I hear people talk about their discipline style it sounds unrealistic or ineffective. I haven’t read or heard any single approach to discipline that really made perfect sense to me. There are elements of many approaches that I like and elements of others that I abhor. Rather than taking one approach and running [...]
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Just a little rant today.
I’m sick and tired of hearing or reading about people training their kids. Are your children dogs?
Really, stop and think about it for a minute. Is obedience what you are striving for? If the grandest and best thing you can wish for is to have an obedient child, then maybe training [...]
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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 to [...]
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In the world of academia, there are several subjects that teeter on the line between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science. In my almost 4 years as a parent, I’ve come to realize that Parenting fits firmly on that line.
I believe strongly in the science of parenting. Science tells me that “breast [...]
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