{"product_id":"the-case-against-spanking-isbn-9780787903428","title":"The Case Against Spanking","description":"This book offers parents and teachers constructive methods of discipline, useful for everyday situations. It documents the long-term negative effects of spanking?how it brutalizes kids and creates violent adults. Irwin Hyman, an expert in the field of home and school discipline, explains in a passionate and compelling style why spanking or hitting children is abusive, destructive, and counterproductive. He then gives common sense advice on alternative forms of discipline, which help to raise happy and emotionally stable children. An Alien Point of View.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Abuse or Discipline?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Why We Hit and What It Does to Kids.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Back to Basics: What You Need to Know About EffectiveDiscipline.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Changing Your Approach to Discipline.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rewards and Punishments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anger and Resentment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Using Therapeutic Techniques.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What We Need to Do Next. ?A `must-read' book about the spanking controversy that should beof interest to parents, parent educators, and mental healthprofessionals.? --Charles E. Schaefer, coauthor of How to Talk toYour Kids About Really Important Things\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A good addition to most public library parentingcollections.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In this informative text, Hyman shores up his passion forchildren's rights with logic and research.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[Hyman] presents a convincing arguement against spanking in thehome and includes a Parent Punitive Quiz by which readers canmeasure their attitudes toward punishment.\" IRWIN A. HYMAN is director of the National Center for the Study of Corporal Punishment and Alternatives in the Schools and professor of school psychology at Temple University. He has made numerous appearance on national television shows such as Oprah, Good Morning American and the Today show. Irwin Hyman, an expert in the field of home and school discipline, explains in passionate and compelling style why spanking or hitting children is abusive, destructive, and counterproductive. As an antidote he offers parents and teachers constructive methods of healthy discipline they can use to raise happy and emotionally stable children.The Case Against Spanking is written for the `less than perfect' parent or teacher who wants to learn how to discipline children without using corporal punishment. The author documents the long-term negative effects of spanking?how it brutalizes kids and creates violent adults?and gives common sense advice on alternative methods for dealing with such everyday situations as what to do when your toddler becomes fussy in the grocery store or how to react if your child runs into the street. Irwin Hyman, an expert in the field of home and school discipline, explains in a passionate and compelling style why spanking or hitting children is abusive, destructive, and counterproductive. As an antidote he offers parents and teachers constructive methods of healthy discipline they can use to raise happy and emotionally stable children.The Case Against Spanking is written for the `less than perfect' parent or teacher who wants to learn how to discipline children without using corporal punishment. The author documents the long-term negative effects of spanking?how it brutalizes kids and creates violent adults?and gives common sense advice on alternative methods for dealing with such everyday situations as what to do when your toddler becomes fussy in the grocery store or how to react if your child runs into the street. \t.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990180643045,"sku":"NP9780787903428","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787903428.jpg?v=1761786813","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-case-against-spanking-isbn-9780787903428","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}