Skorge91 Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Hello all, I am currently taking a class and have totally changed at least 5 parents minds about physical punishment having any legitimacy in their relationships with their kids. However, now they are stuck on the idea that punishment is necessary of some kind even if it is not physical. The main reason why I believe they changed their mind is that I linked them several studies on the effects of physical punishment on kids and our college textbook completely backs those studies [<:o)] Are there any studies out there which have studied the effects of things such as; let them cry it out, time outs, taking the child's property, etc? Thanks, -Chris
TheRobin Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 First of all: Awesome that you managed to change 5 parents minds! That's really great! Alfie Kohn's "Unconditional Parenting" talks a lot about it and has tons of footnotes citying studies. I think you/they can also get a lot out of the 2 hour presentation with the same name (you'll find that online, one way or another )as he really makes obvious the reasoning and logic behind it (he also quotes some studies to back it up, but it's obivuosly not as detailed as the book, still a very good starting point to get people intersted in peaceful and non-punishemnt/non-skinner-behaviour-modification parenting and the dangers and problems that one ends up in when going with the punishment-way of "teaching" a child.)
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