Parenting Without Punishment

Oh yes you can.

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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Source unknown. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin

I took more of a natural approach to parenting, which to outsiders sometimes looked permissive. As when he was crowing joyfully in a restaurant, but not crying, so I didn’t take him out. So if permissive means letting a toddler and young child be…