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Parent like nobody's watching At the end of the day, it's our children who remember our reactions, who absorb our behavior and who will benefit from a deep breath, followed by a positive response.	Reflections of AP fatherhood Attachment Parenting has made a profound, positive change in me as a father and as a person.
Hitting kids: American parenting and physical punishment When Minnesota Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson was indicted for hitting his son with a ‘switch’ in September 2014, there was a public furor – with arguments on both sides, but a general sense that Peterson was in the wrong. Quickly, however... read more	What do kids think about spanking? Ask Camila! A good friend of mine, Al Crowell, calls me awhile back to tell me he has a brilliant idea about how to help people realize they shouldn’t be hitting kids. He tells me his granddaughter, Camila, has never been spanked.
Love works for everybody Spanking works for nobody, no matter how you slice it. It's just a quick fix and, truly, not even that. It's cheating at not only parenting, but being a human being toward other humans.	Dear Parent: About THAT kid… "Dear Parent:
It's not called permissive parenting To generalize, there seems to be two main parenting styles: 1) controlling everything; 2) Letting the child control everything.	Whose kid was that? This post was originally published on Sept. 16, 2008, but serves as a great reminder for any parent who's been faced with a tantrumming child in public.
Developing discipline from the inside out Many child development experts agree that hitting children does not teach them right from wrong; rather, it makes them obey for the short-term when a parent is present and misbehave when the parent is not present.	The time-in technique This post was originally published on Aug.

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