Kids Are Worth It!
by Barbara Coloroso
Coloroso's backbone, brick-wall and jellyfish families, and the practice of giving kids the gift of inner discipline. Funny, firm and humane.
Read it if…
you want the middle path between authoritarian and permissive.
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Skip it if…
you want detailed scripts.
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Three things you will actually use
- Backbone, not brick wall or jellyfish.
- Natural and reasonable consequences.
- Treat kids with dignity.
Do this first
Read the three family types and name yours.
Our verdict
Backbone parenting.
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