Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

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

Bibliography

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