In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.


Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2006) - ISBN: 9781416531838

Alfie Kohn Quotes

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between...

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between...

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between...

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between...