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Alfie Kohn

Alfie Kohn is the author of The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting.
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    Protect Your Kids From Failure

    The case for self-esteem, success, and even an occasional participation trophy

    • Alfie Kohn
    • March 25, 2014
  • Suffer the Restless Children

    Though nearly a million children are regularly given drugs to control "hyperactivity," we know little about what the disorder is, or whether it is really a disorder at all.

    • Alfie Kohn
    • November 1989 Issue
  • Education: Home Schooling

    Parents who educate their children at home face little official opposition —but a very demanding responsibility

    • Alfie Kohn
    • April 1988 Issue
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