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- Title
Helping parents deal with children's acute disciplinary problems without escalation: the principle of nonviolent resistance.
- Authors
Omer H
- Abstract
There are two kinds of escalation between parents and children with acute discipline problems: (a) complementary escalation, in which parental gluing-in leads to a progressive increase in the child's demands, and (b) reciprocal escalation, in which hostility begets hostility. Extant programs for helping parents deal with children with such problems focus mainly on one kind of escalation to the neglect of the other. The systematic use of Gandhi's principle of 'nonviolent resistance' allows for a parental attitude that counters both kinds of escalation. An intervention is described, which allows parents to put this principle into practice.
- Publication
Family Process, 2001, Vol 40, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2001.4010100053.x