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Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking, "What do kids need -- and how can we meet those needs?" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them. One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to parenting such as punishments (including "time-outs"), rewards (including positive reinforcement), and other forms of control teach children that they are loved only when they please us or impress us. Kohn cites a body of powerful, and largely unknown, research detailing the damage caused by leading children to believe they must earn our approval. That's precisely the message children derive from common discipline techniques, even though it's not the message most parents intend to send. More than just another book about discipline, though, Unconditional Parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from "doing to" to "working with" parenting -- including how to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy, caring, responsible people. This is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering book that will reconnect readers to their own best instincts and inspire them to become better parents.

埃尔菲•科恩，美国知名育儿作家、教育学者，已出版9部深具影响力的育儿著作，包括《奖励的惩罚》（Punished by Rewards）及《真正的学校》（The School Our Children Deserve），其提出的某些育儿观念在国内外儿童教育界极富影响力。

译者：小巫，著名儿童教育专家。毕业于北京大学，美国Rutgers大学教育学硕士，国际母乳会哺乳辅导，美国父母效能训练课程(P.E.T.)英文讲师。著有《让孩子做主》、《给孩子自由》、《和孩子划清界限》、《跟上孩子成长的脚步》、《接纳孩子》、《成功渡过母爱第一关》及《小巫厨房蜜语》等畅销书籍。担任中央电视台、中国教育电视台和中央人民广播电台等多家媒体的长期嘉宾专家、全国妇联心系新生命组委会特聘专家、清华大学特聘讲师、清华优佳教育家长研习顾问，被国外媒体誉为“中国的斯波克博士”。