The discipline debate -- Understanding discipline -- Defining terms and clarifying meanings -- The traditional reward-and-punish approach -- Why we can't count on rewards working -- The deficiencies and dangers of punishment -- How children really react to control -- Alternatives to disciplining children -- Methods to get children to change behavior -- New ways of governing families and classro…
Introduction: Strengthening families -- Changes in American families -- Importance of community support -- The national experience with child care and parent education -- Assessing options for serving families -- Providing services directly to families -- Exemplary state programs -- Strengthening families through public schools -- Conclusion: Enhancing the well-being of children, families, and …
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Part one : Back to wifeliness. The great con game -- Beyond the "Me" marriage -- The joy of unkinky sex -- Part two : Back to babies. God's least-wanted blessing -- Who's afraid of the big bad baby? -- Family banning and planned barrenhood -- Part three : Back to mothering. Who owns our kids? -- Beyond "no-fault" child-rearing -- Raising kids without confusion -- Home as a green…
Parenting -