Unconditional Parenting with Alfie Kohn

In this episode Shelley Clarke chats with Alfie Kohn, a forefather in challenging the conventional wisdom society tells us about children and parenting. Known for his outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades, test scores along with the parenting paradigm of punishment and rewards, Kohn has helped to shape the thinking of educators — as well as parents the world over.
In this episode you'll learn about:
- why punishment and rewards are two sides of the same coin and are damaging to your child's self-esteem
- what unconditional love in parenting really looks and feels like for a child
- how to shift the 'power over' dynamic in your home to a 'power with' your child
- why bribes and praise are ineffective at helping kids to grow into the kind of people we dream they'll become
- why the current parenting paradigm makes kids learn that it's all about power, not morality
- where the phrase time-out was originally born from and why it is negatively impacting your child
If you are wanting to create a new dynamic in your family home, centred around respect and connection with your child then this is the podcast episode for you!
Continue the conversation with Shelley here:
https://www.facebook.com/shelleyclarkemindbodyparenting
https://www.instagram.com/_shelleyclarke_/
Find Alfie Kohn here:
https://www.alfiekohn.org/
Alfie Kohn's Books
This podcast is produced by Nikki O'Brien from Quintessential Being