Fun article in recent New Yorker about children's books and norms of child discipline.
A Critic at Large
The Defiant Ones
In today’s picture books, the kids are in charge.
by Daniel Zalewski
Anxious parents—the midnight Googlers who repeatedly seek advice from experts—learn that there are many things they must never do to their willful young child: spank, scold, bestow frequent praise, criticize, plead, withhold affection, take away toys, “model” angry emotions, intimidate, bargain, nag. Increasingly, nearly all forms of discipline appear morally suspect. [more...]
Emerson Annotation.
16 years ago
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