1st Edition

The Difficult Child and the Problem of Discipline

By C.W. Valentine Copyright 1940
116 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1940, this book was addressed to students of the psychology of childhood and to parents and teachers who were trying to get from psychology some light on problems of discipline and of the difficult child. It includes critical discussions of some ideas which were gaining widespread attention at the time and which masqueraded as sound psychology, but which seem to be both... Read more

Part 1: Psychology and the Difficult Child  1. Introduction. Some Unjustified Assertions as to the Psychology of Early Childhood  2. Are There ‘No Problem Children, Only Problem Parents’? Heredity versus Environment  3. Is Character Determined in the Early Years?  4. The Treatment of Problem Children and the Work of the Child Guidance Clinic  Part 2: The Problem of Discipline  5. The Problem of Discipline: (A) Some Fads and Fallacies  6. The Problem of Discipline: (B) Repression, Sublimation and the Inferiority Complex  7. Some Principles of Sound Discipline  8. The Problem of Corporal Punishment  9. Parents and Home Discipline  10. Conclusion.  Appendix.  Index.

Biography

C.W. Valentine