Unconditional Parenting
According to alfie kohn writer and speaker on issues related to human behavior education and parenting what our children most need from us as parents is unconditional love.
Unconditional parenting. The ten principles while these points of philosophy offer a helpful base for what alfie is trying to convey i highly recommend visiting the alfie kohn website to read more of his work or purchase the unconditional parenting dvd. Unconditional parenting offers a comprehensive skill building program designed to teach advanced parenting techniques. Unconditional parenting is the term that kohn uses to describe a relationship where the quality and quantity of parental attention is not limited to punishing a childs bad behavior and rewarding good behavior. More than just another book about discipline though unconditional parenting addresses the ways parents think about feel about and act with their children.
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 parentingincluding how to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy caring responsible people. Practicing unconditional parenting means that even when your kids are screwing up throwing tantrums or just being downright annoying to put it in plain terms you do not ignore them scold them or discipline them in the old fashioned sense of the word you keep your calm and still show them that you love them. Children are not pets to be trained nor are they computers programmed to respond predictably to an input.
More than just another book about discipline though unconditional parenting addresses the ways parents think about feel about and act with their children. In a nutshell its the child who engages in a behavior not just the behavior itself that matters. 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. 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 parentingincluding how to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy caring responsible people.
More than just another book about discipline though unconditional parenting addresses the ways parents think about feel about and act with their children. Unconditional parenting assumes that behaviors are just the outward expression of feelings and thoughts needs and intentions.