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Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of twelve books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations.

Kohn's criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores."

 

DVD on Parenting

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DVD on Education

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If you decided to have a child, presumably it was because you wanted to be a parent and anticipated that the experience would be fulfilling.  You did it for you.  But the child’s arrival demands a radical shift: Now you must do things for him or her.  Moreover, you need to be mindful of the difference and how it’s...

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