Two frightening links
Rachel
First is an article about a parenting survey.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010305040027
"Only 33 percent of parents think it's realistic to raise "well-behaved" children relying on "positive reinforcement and teaching by example." Could this account for why 67 percent of parents believe bribing is effective and 63 percent think it's necessary to punish, threaten and yell sometimes in order to force kids to comply?"
Second is a product called the Better Behavior Wheel.
http://www.better-behaviour.com/?hop=orderfrom
It promises well behaved kids overnight by making kids spin some wheel on the computer screen to assign punishments for misbehaviors. Here's a choice quote:
"Notice that you're not the bad guy here. The rule of turning off the lights was agreed to by your child. And now it's the Wheel that has to be answered to. You can be impartial in the process. You can even root for the child, hoping for an easy consequence."
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010305040027
"Only 33 percent of parents think it's realistic to raise "well-behaved" children relying on "positive reinforcement and teaching by example." Could this account for why 67 percent of parents believe bribing is effective and 63 percent think it's necessary to punish, threaten and yell sometimes in order to force kids to comply?"
Second is a product called the Better Behavior Wheel.
http://www.better-behaviour.com/?hop=orderfrom
It promises well behaved kids overnight by making kids spin some wheel on the computer screen to assign punishments for misbehaviors. Here's a choice quote:
"Notice that you're not the bad guy here. The rule of turning off the lights was agreed to by your child. And now it's the Wheel that has to be answered to. You can be impartial in the process. You can even root for the child, hoping for an easy consequence."