Super Parents Super Children

1. Good-bye to the Hit and Miss Method

2. The Adult Test

3. Three Positions and Fourth Alternative

• The Fourth Position

4. The Basic Principle

5. "In Arms," Separation, and Diet

• The "In-Arms" Period
• Separation
• Diet

6. Independence, Individuality, and Self-Esteem

• Independence
• Self-Esteem
• Individuality

7. Food, Feeding, and Freedom

• Children Know What Food Is Best for Them
• I Can Feed Myself
• Junk Foods
• Good Manners
• Whose Food Is It, Anyway?

8. Toilet "Training"

9. Bed Time and Sleep

• The Family Bed
• Bedtime Rights for Parents

10. Toys and Ownership

• What is Ownership?
• Sharing
• Looking After Toys
• Tidying Up

11. Clothes, Furnishings, and Other Destructibles

• Clothes

12. Discipline

• The Undisciplined Baby
• Property Rights
• Distraction
• Don't Reward Bad Behavior
• Does He Need Attention?
• Good Manners
• Obstinacy
• The Reactor Factor
• Cheekiness
• Punishment
• Corporal Punishment
• Solitary Confinement
• Withholding Privileges
• Compensation
• Lying
• When Force Is Justifiable
• Other People's Property
• Look to Yourself
• Saying Sorry
• Stages

13. Division of Labor

• Make Hay While the Sun Shines
• Doing Their Own Work
• Work for You
• The Basis of Human Action
• Money
• The History of Money
• Pocket Money
• The Positive Spin-offs of Child Labor

14. Sibling Rivalry—Is It Inevitable?

• The Age Gap
• Prepare Your Child
• When the Baby Arrives
• If You Prefer Babies
• If You Prefer One Child to Another
• Your Children Are Individuals
• Fighting Between Siblings

15. Sex without Guilt

• The Origins of Taboos
• The Trobriand Islanders
• Repression Leads to Violence
• Where Do We Go Wrong?
• Your Attitude toward Your Body
• Your Attitude toward Sex
• Privacy
• The Requirements of Society
• Adolescence
• The Double Standard

16. Education and Miseducation

• Begin with Your Baby
• Play Group or Nursery School
• The Montessori Method
• Montessori in the Home
• If She Doesn't Want to Go to School
• Detention without Trial
• All Play and No Work?
• Indoctrination
• When You Can't Find the Right School

17. Controlling the Mind

• Censorship
• Television
• Books
• Sexual Violence
• Religion and Philosophy
• Respect his Views

18. Adolescence

• Driving
• Dating
• Drinking
• Drugs
• Property Right Disputes

19. Untying the Knot

20. The Ultimate Child