Play Reaches The Habits Most Needed For

To Be Told That Our Child's Behavior Is "normal" Offers Little Solace When Our Feelings Are Badly Hurt, Or When We Worry That Hisactions Are Harmful At The Moment Or May Be Injurious To His Future. It Does Not Help Me As A Parent Nor Lessen My Worries When My Child Drives Carelessly, Even Dangerously, If I Am Told That This Is "normal" Behavior For Children Of His Age. I'd Much Prefer Him To Deviate From The Norm And Be A Cautious Driver!

You Cannot Have Sex Education Without Saying That Sex Is Natural And That Most People Find It Pleasurable.

Punishment May Make Us Obey The Orders We Are Given, But At Best It Will Only Teach An Obedience To Authority, Not A Self-control Which Enhances Our Self-respect.

The Good Enough Parent, In Addition To Being Convinced That Whatever His Child Does, He Does It Because At That Moment He Is Convinced This Is The Best He Can Do, Will Also Ask Himself: "what In The World Would Make Me Act As My Child Acts At This Moment? And If I Felt Forced To Act This Way, What Would Make Me Feel Better About It?

The Question For The Child Is Not Do I Want To Be Good? But Whom Do I Want To Be Like?