mmcxii on Nostr: I just finished reading Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn. The gist of the book ...
I just finished reading Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn.
The gist of the book is that incentives and punishments are ineffective tools for raising children because they override any lessons learned with extrinsic motivation. Instead, we should not treat our love for our children as a transactional good that needs to be earned. We should keep our long term goal of raising free-thinking, kind, and independent people always at the forefront.
Have any parents on here read this book? If so how useful has its advice been for you? I liked the book and it seems like a great idea to me, but my firstborn isn't due for a few months.
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The gist of the book is that incentives and punishments are ineffective tools for raising children because they override any lessons learned with extrinsic motivation. Instead, we should not treat our love for our children as a transactional good that needs to be earned. We should keep our long term goal of raising free-thinking, kind, and independent people always at the forefront.
Have any parents on here read this book? If so how useful has its advice been for you? I liked the book and it seems like a great idea to me, but my firstborn isn't due for a few months.
#asknostr #books #bookstr #parenting