PARENTS' GUIDE TO CHILD DISCIPLINE

by Rudolf & Loren Grey Dreikurs ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 30, 1969

Mainly a replay in capsule paragraphs of Mr. Dreikurs' earlier Children: The Challenge (1964)--let ""logical consequences"" bear the brunt of the child's misbehavior. ""Children learn so much more from the pressures of reality and the situation than from any form of verbal teaching"" (or physical). Set out in boldface type so that them as run-with-hairbrush may read, are headings thrumming on the main points--childrens' needs should be recognized and their mistaken ""hidden goals"" should be sniffed out. The authors discuss techniques and supply illustrations which emphasize parents' intelligent extrication from the power struggle. Some seem workable--some not. It is all very well to pleasantly ""disengage"" from a child testing a parent by dawdling and missing a school bus, but who can leave a kindergartener and hop to the hairdresser's? Read with relaxed common sense, this may offer some ideas, but couched as it is in rather authoritarian prose and oversimplified strictures, this may be only marginally useful.

Pub Date: Jan. 30, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Meredith

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1969

Categories: NONFICTION