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Parent-babble

Explains how parenting theories put forth since the 1970s have been wrong on such matters as self-esteem, adoption, praise, punishment, and toilet training, and advocates for a return to the parenting strategies of the 1950s and 1960s.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 220 pages

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