After looking through a large swath of teaching and parenting books it is clear that behaviorism was really big in the 50s and many people thought it was the solution to dealing with children. Obviously, that didn't really work unless you wanted a child that only responded to you when you offered carrots or sticks.

In Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Markham, many of the nonviolent strategies found in non-violent communication are combined with the knowledge we have of developing brains.

Dr. Markham delivers her strategies for raising thinking, feeling, compassionate humans with a combination of easy to digest science, anecdotes, and testimonials. As a father and a teacher, I'm going to start using the useful ideas in this book.