Meditation and Alternative Medicine

Attachment Parenting Articles

Thoughts on Punishment by Sidney Craig, Ph.D. (A brief yet compelling description of why punishment achieves the opposite of its ostensive purpose)
http://www.naturalchild.org/sidney_craig/punishment.html

Toddlers: To Tame or to Trust by Naomi Aldort
http://www.naturalchild.org/naomi_aldort/tame.html

Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids by Jan Hunt
http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/tenreasons.html

The Consequences of 'Consequences by Teresa Pitman
http://www.continuum-concept.org/reading/consequences.html

Five Reasons to Stop Saying 'Good Job!' by Alfie Kohn (On the harmful effects of praise)
http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm

Why Do We Hurt Our Children? by James Kimmel, Ph.D. (A longer article, worth reading)
http://www.naturalchild.org/james_kimmel/punishment.html

Raising Children Compassionately by Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D. (the NVC guy)
http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/marshall_rosenberg.html

Nonviolent Communication: Beyond Judgment and Niceness by Lucy Leu (Example of using Nonviolent Communication with an older child.
http://www.psncc.org/beyond.htm

Shame: Spiritual Suicide by Vicki Underland-Rosow, PhD
http://www.underland-rosow.com/shame.html

The History of Child Abuse by Lloyd deMause
http://psychohistory.com/htm/05_history.html

The Case Against Time-out by Peter Haiman, Ph.D.
http://www.naturalchild.com/guest/peter_haiman.html