Explains how parenting theories put forth since the 1970s have been wrong on such matters as self-esteem, adoption, praise, punishment, and toilet training, and advocates for a return to the parenting strategies of the 1950s and 1960s.
Record details
ISBN:9781449422332
ISBN:1449422330
Physical Description:print xix, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:Kansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220).
Formatted Contents Note:
The cost of new ideas -- Authority babble -- Self-esteem babble -- Punishment babble -- Toilet babble -- Attachment babble -- Adoption babble -- Spanking babble -- The beat goes on.