'Toddler taming expert admits he was wrong'

[Saffron]

Read here:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/child-experts-growing-pains/story-e6frf7l6-1111114426718

Interesting food for thought!

[sophiechristophy]

I agree about having some fun. Child centered fun sounds good to me. :)

[Saffron]

It's interesting to see how Dr Christopher Green's perspectives changed with age and life experiences. No doubt his old methods (he is the originator of controlled crying) have worked for many families, and to his credit his old methods were based on behavioural modification theories and tested clinically (though I'm still not a fan of CC for babies). What is heartening is simply that he confirming what many of us have already felt intuitively towards our child/ren: simple things --such as spending time with your kids-- are best.

Some excepts from the article:

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After recovering from a near-death experience, the celebrity pediatrician has adopted a more relaxed, child-centred approach.

The 64-year-old told the Sunday Herald Sun he no longer believed toddlers needed taming and urged modern parents to spend more time with their children.

"I used to be called the Toddler Tamer, but I don't think we need to tame them any more - I think we really need to value them," he said.

"Most behavioural problems are not problems if you can spend quality time with children and give them attention."

"When I did the new book, I put chapter one as the things that in more than 20 years of working with kids are really, really important.

"It's things such as, if you give a child attention they don't need to misbehave to get your attention.

"Simple things are always best."