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Links to Web and Gopher-Site text on positive, non-punitive child rearing

• Never Violence, by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking)

• An Open Letter From Dr. Alice Miller

• Hitting is wrong - and children are people too : EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children)

• Spanking: a shortcut to nowhere..., by Penelope Leach

• Corporal Punishment: Society's Remaining Acceptable Violence, By Laurie A. Couture

• Corporal Punishment: Laurie Couture's Web Page

• Guiding Self-Discipline: Spanking ????

• Don't Take It Out On Your Kids: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Positive Discipline, by Katharine C. Kersey

• Physical Punishment and The Development of Aggressive and Violent Behavior: A Review, by Elizabeth Kandel (June, 1992), Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

• Social Change and Trends in Approval of Corporal Punishment by Parents from 1968 to 1994, by Murray A. Straus and Anita K. Mathur, University of New Hampshire, Durham

• Swedish Parents Don't Spank, by Adrienne Ahlgren Haeuser, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

• The UnSparing Rod, by Barbara F. Meltz of the Boston Globe

• ...Wear the Red or Blue Socks? : National Committee on the Prevention of Child Abuse

• Teaching Your Child Discipline : National Committee on the Prevention of Child Abuse

• Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959

• Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by the United NationsGeneral Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, with  entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49
  STATUS: Signatories : 140; Parties: 191

• 9 Things to Do Instead of Spanking, from Positive Parenting

• 10 Guidelines for Raising a Well-Behaved Child, from EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children)

• 10 Keys to Successful Parenting, from Positive Parenting

• Do you feel like you are losing it with your children? Remember...

• Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do? : a project of the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics

• An Alternative to Spanking?, by Jordan Riak, PTAVE

• An Open Letter to President Clinton About The Civil Rights of Schoolchildren

• Is Corporal Punishment Degrading? , by Robert Green Ingersoll

• Southern Parents Spank Children More Than Northern Parents, Study Finds

• Discipline vs. Punishment?, a U. of Minnesota Extension Service 

• Parents Struggle Over Spanking, U. of Minnesota, Children, Youth & Family Consortium 

• Alternatives to Physical Punishment, by Sheena Carter, Ph.D., Emory Developmental Progress Clinic, Emory U. 

• Catch Your Child Being Good, by Joan E. LeFebvre, U. of Wisconsin-Extension  

• The Guidance Approach to Discipline, Deb Gebeke, Family Science Specialist, North Dakota State University, NDSU Extension Service

• Discipline More and Punish Less, Thomas Lee, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• Making Realistic, Acceptable Rules, Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• The Consequence vs. Punishment, Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• Discipline... Doesn't Mean Punishment, by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell

• Using Force to Control Child Behavior--Program, by J. Van Horn, Penn State

• The Debate over Spanking, by Dawn Ramsburg, ERIC Digest

• Corporal Punishment, by Susan Smith, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

• Review of Zvi Strassberg's "Spanking in the Home and... Aggression..."

• Re: Hitting is Hitting, a post to alt.parenting.spanking

• Hitting People Is Wrong... comments by Chris Dugan on a pamphlet by Rädda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children).

• Review of Dr. Murray Straus' Beating the Devil Out of Them:...

• Spanking increases the rate of street entries by children

• The Art of Discipline, by Beth DeFrancis, The Family Planet

• Discipline: A Parent's Guide : (National PTA)

• Teach Gentleness by Being Gentle, W. Virginia University Extension Service

• What Breeds a Bully?, W. Virginia University Extension Service

• How Can We Prevent Violent Behavior?, by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell

• "Parenting Class" Lesson Plan, from the AskERIC Parenting Resources <"gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/00/Lesson/Subject/Miscellaneous/cecmisc.26" target="_blank">

• Twenty Alternatives to Punishment, by Aletha Solter, Ph.D., developmental psychologist, mother of two children, international speaker, workshop leader, consultant and author of The Aware Baby, Helping Young Children Flourish, and Tears and Tantrums (1998)

• Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids, by Jan Hunt, M.Sc., editor and author at The Natural Child Project

• Facts about Corporal Punishment, from NCACPS (National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools)

• Spanking: Facts and Fiction, from EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children)

• Why Do We Spank Our Babies, by Nancy Saltz, "A Mother and Daughter Page"... The Phenomenal Women of the Web Against Domestic Violence.

• Plain Talk about Spanking, by Jordan Riak, Executive Director Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE)

• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN (SPANKING), by B. A. Robinson, Coordinator, Ontario Consultants On Religious Tolerance

• Deciding to Spare the Rod, from Positive Parenting

• Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959

• Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by the United NationsGeneral Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, with  entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49
  STATUS: Signatories : 140; Parties: 191

• 9 Things to Do Instead of Spanking, from Positive Parenting

• 10 Guidelines for Raising a Well-Behaved Child, from EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children)

• 10 Keys to Successful Parenting, from Positive Parenting

• Do you feel like you are losing it with your children? Remember...

• Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do? : a project of the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics

• An Alternative to Spanking?, by Jordan Riak, PTAVE

• An Open Letter to President Clinton About The Civil Rights of Schoolchildren

• Is Corporal Punishment Degrading? , by Robert Green Ingersoll

• Southern Parents Spank Children More Than Northern Parents, Study Finds

• Discipline vs. Punishment?, a U. of Minnesota Extension Service 

• Parents Struggle Over Spanking, U. of Minnesota, Children, Youth & Family Consortium 

• Alternatives to Physical Punishment, by Sheena Carter, Ph.D., Emory Developmental Progress Clinic, Emory U. 

• Catch Your Child Being Good, by Joan E. LeFebvre, U. of Wisconsin-Extension  

• The Guidance Approach to Discipline, Deb Gebeke, Family Science Specialist, North Dakota State University, NDSU Extension Service

• Discipline More and Punish Less, Thomas Lee, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• Making Realistic, Acceptable Rules, Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• The Consequence vs. Punishment, Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.

• Discipline... Doesn't Mean Punishment, by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell

• Using Force to Control Child Behavior--Program, by J. Van Horn, Penn State

• The Debate over Spanking, by Dawn Ramsburg, ERIC Digest

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