The Case Against Spanking by Irwin A Hyman
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.
?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
"A good addition to most public library parentingcollections."
"In this informative text, Hyman shores up his passion forchildren's rights with logic and research."
"[Hyman] presents a convincing arguement against spanking in thehome and includes a Parent Punitive Quiz by which readers canmeasure their attitudes toward punishment."
"A good addition to most public library parentingcollections."
"In this informative text, Hyman shores up his passion forchildren's rights with logic and research."
"[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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780787903428 |
| ISBN 10 | 0787903426 |
| Title | The Case Against Spanking |
| Author | Irwin A Hyman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 1997-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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