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Historians have shown that parents in the Middle Ages worried about their kids no less than we worry about ours today, and by the nineteenth century there is evidence of bars being placed on windows to protect toddlers from falling out as well as leading strings so that young children wouldn't wander off during walks.

Alfie Kohn

Historians have shown that parents in the Middle Ages worried about their kids no less than we worry about ours today, and by the nineteenth century there is evidence of bars being placed on windows to protect toddlers from falling out as well as leading strings so that young children wouldn't wander off during walks.

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About Alfie Kohn

Alfie Kohn (born October 15, 1957) is an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, managing, and American society more generally, drawing in each case from social science research.
Kohn's challenges to widely accepted theories and practices have made him a controversial figure, particularly with behaviorists, conservatives, and those who defend the practices he calls into question, such as the use of competition, incentive programs, conventional discipline, standardized testing, grades, homework, and traditional schooling.