AIBU?
hairylights · 30/04/2011 22:47
No, I was reading that earlier, it's common sense really, it's about being respectful to your children, achieving their respect and picking your fights only if you really need to. Seems like a really rational parenting tool to me. Read a bit of stuff around it when teenage dad was hitting the difficult stage and it reLly helped our relationship.
Yabu.
blindmelon · 30/04/2011 22:54
Never heard of it til I came on mumsnet. There is a v long thread in Parenting, It seems admirable and interesting to read a different perspective but I couldn't give up the naughty step for love nor money so it's def not for me!
But YABU as we all have our own way of doing things and it seems to work for some people.
blindmelon · 30/04/2011 22:54
Never heard of it til I came on mumsnet. There is a v long thread in Parenting, It seems admirable and interesting to read a different perspective but I couldn't give up the naughty step for love nor money so it's def not for me!
But YABU as we all have our own way of doing things and it seems to work for some people.
Cat98 · 30/04/2011 22:58
Alfie kohn wrote a book on it. It is basically a parenting philosophy, to simplify it you try not to use punishments or rewards. It is about showing your children you love them unconditionally, not depending on their behaviour. Makes much more sense when you read the book!
thisisyesterday · 30/04/2011 22:59
i find that a lot of people who have no idea what UP really involves think it must be very difficult!
i have no problem debating with someone who actually has tried it or has more than a basic knowledge of it... but it's pretty tiresome when people are just trying to get a rise out of others
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