BOOKS ON POSITIVE CHILDREARING

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Allport, G. D.

THE PARADISE PARADIGM - On creating a world of compassion, freedom, and prosperity, E. Dianne Publishing, Murphy, OR, 2005.


Bakan, David

SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS: A Study of the Battered Child Phenomenon, Beacon Press, Boston, 1972.


Bitensky, Susan

SPARE THE ROD, EMBRACE OUR HUMANITY - Toward a new legal regime prohibiting corporal punishment of our children, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol 31, Issue 2, Winter 1998.


Bluestein, Jane

CREATING EMOTIONALLY SAFE SCHOOLS - A guide for parents and educators, Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, 2001.


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THE PARENT'S LITTLE BOOK OF LISTS - DOs and DON'Ts of Effective Parenting, Health Communications Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, 1997


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PARENTS, TEENS AND BOUNDARIES - How to Draw the Line, Health Communications Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, 1993


Durrant, Joan

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE: What it is and how to do it, 2007


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ELIMINATING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - The Way Forward to Constructive Child Discipline, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO Internet: http://www.unesco.org/publishing ), 2005


Falk, Herbert Arnold

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - A social interpretation of its theory and practice in the schools of the United States, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1941.


Fleiss, Paul M. and Hodges, Frederick M.

WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT CIRCUMCISION - Untold facts about America's most widely performed - and most unnecessary - surgery, Warner Books, 2002


Forward, Susan with Buck, Craig

TOXIC PARENTS - Overcoming their hurtful legacy and reclaiming your life, Bantam Books, 1989.


Gibson, Ian

THE ENGLISH VICE - Beating, sex and shame in Victorian England and after, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London, 1978.


Gordon, Thomas

TEACHING CHILDREN SELF-DISCIPLINE AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL - New ways parents and teachers can build self-esteem and self-reliance, Random House, 1989.


Greven, Philip

SPARE THE CHILD - The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991.


Grille, Robin

PARENTING FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD, Longueville Media, Alexandria, NSW, Australia, 2005


Hall, Mitch

PEACEQUEST - Cultivating Peace in a Violent Culture, Available from author: mitch_hall@sbcglobal.net, 2003


Hunt, Jan

THE NATURAL CHILD - Parenting from the heart, New Society Publishers, 2001


Hyman, Irwin

THE CASE AGAINST SPANKING - How to discipline your child without hitting, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1997


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READING, WRITING AND THE HICKORY STICK - The appalling story of physical and psychological abuse in American schools, D. C. Heath & Company, Lexington, MA; Toronto, 1990


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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, Temple University Press, 1979


Kohn, Alfie

UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING - Moving from rewards and punishment to love and reason, Artria Books, 2005


Lee, Norm

PARENTING WITHOUT PUNISHING - A free online publication for those seeking happier and easier ways of bringing up children, PDF version: www.nopunish.net/PWP.pdf, NoPunish.net, 2002


Leo, Pam

CONNECTION PARENTING - Parenting through connection instead of coercion, through love instead of fear, Wyatt-Mackenzie, 2005


Males, Mike A.

THE SCAPEGOAT GENERATION - America's War on Adolescents, Common Courage Press, 1996


Marshall, Michael J.

WHY SPANKING DOESN'T WORK - Stopping this Bad Habit and Getting the Upper Hand on Effective Discipline, Bonneville Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc., Springville, UT, 2002


Mercer, Jean

UNDERSTANDING ATTACHMENT, Praeger Publishers, 2006


Miller, Alice

THE BODY NEVER LIES - The lingering effects of cruel parenting, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2005


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Read this essential Miller work in its entirety right here. FOR YOUR OWN GOOD - Hidden cruelty and the roots of violence, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, Fourth edition, 2002


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THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE - Overcoming emotional blindness and finding your true adult self, Basic Books, New York, 2001


Nelson, Jane and Lott, Lynn

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE FOR TEENAGERS, Three Rivers Press, NY, 2000


Newberger, Eli H.

THE MEN THEY WILL BECOME - The nature and nurture of male character, Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, MA, 1999


Pantley, Elizabeth

PERFECT PARENTING - The dictionary 1,000 parenting tips, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., Oakland, CA, 1998


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KID COOPERATION - How to stop yelling, nagging & pleading and get kids to cooperate, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., Oakland, CA, 1996


Perry, Bruce D and Szalavitz, Maia

THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED AS A DOG and other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook, Basic Books, 2007


Ritchie, Jane & James

Spare the Rod, George Allen Unwin, Sydney-London-Boston, 1981


Scott, George Ryley

The History of Corporal Punishment, First published in 1968 as Flagellation by Tallis Press Ltd, London; published in 1996 as The History of Corporal Punishment by Randon House UK Ltd, London.


Solter, Aletha

Raising Drug-Free Kids, De Capo Press, 2006


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The Aware Baby, Shining Star Press, 2001


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Tears and Tantrums, Shining Star Press, 1998


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Helping Young Children Flourish, Shining Star Press, 1989


Straus, Murray A.

Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American Families, Lexington Books, 1994


Szalavitz, Maia

Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids, Riverhead Books (a division of Penguin Putnam), 2006


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