One mom's experience in parenting without punishment

To begin, I should probably be totally transparent. I have heard of people parenting without punishments. I always rolled my eyes. I don’t think I even tried to hide my disgust. I’m honest like that. It’s one of my more enduring character traits. I was pretty sure that no punishment= horrible brat, parent on medication so they could stand to be around said horrible brat, and eventually…a psychopath. Boo. I’ll skip that. So, when I was pitched the idea to write about Alan Kazdin and his “no punishment” childrearing idea, I was fully prepared to make fun of his ideas.