Linda's Blog

More on anti-punishment in a pro-punish world ... We live in a punishment-happy world, where people's response to everything from o...

The long-tail from childrearing in a punishment-happy world is adults who believe that whenever they make a mistake, damage anything or get...

The child is standing screaming hateful words, throwing things, biting, scratching, kicking, hitting… totally gone ‘feral,’ as a friend call...

  Fuck off, Fuck you, Fuck me, Fuck it. A recently circulating blog post 'Six things my kids are not allowed to say to adults ,' li...

  Chatting with a friend today, I mentioned some of Don C. Dinkmeyer’s work, from Systematic Training for Effective Parenting, thus: One...

  'Other people are mean, children need to learn to handle it.' Okay, that might be true –in fact, it probably is. But how is that...

A favourite joke about stay-at-home moms is the one about the dad who comes home after a long day of work, finds the kids outside covered i...