I would hope that no brand new parent takes Dr Pierces message on parenting as total gospel 100%.Knowing some of his own personal history would,to me, leave some doubt as to his expertise in this particular field.I won't waste time with the above further,as it's ancient history now.
Suffice to say Dr Pierce is correct-fundamentally,as discipline does in fact play a very important part in child development and rearing,BUT Dr Pierce's idea come from a slightly different prospective and time than todays parents are facing in the 21st century.
Children will often tend to over react to too much discipline or authority and sometimes become even more difficult when defiance and nonconformist ideas become their preference to good behavior.Essentially a good parent needs the wisdom to know or learn just how far is far enough to press OUR ideas of white survival,without creating a chasm between the parent and the child.
Dr Pierce was an academic and thought in the manner as an academic,as thinker of theories; and inventor of ideas and processes,but real parenting requires grass roots ,hands on experience that results in successes that can be duplicated.
Suffice to say Dr Pierce is correct-fundamentally,as discipline does in fact play a very important part in child development and rearing,BUT Dr Pierce's idea come from a slightly different prospective and time than todays parents are facing in the 21st century.
Children will often tend to over react to too much discipline or authority and sometimes become even more difficult when defiance and nonconformist ideas become their preference to good behavior.Essentially a good parent needs the wisdom to know or learn just how far is far enough to press OUR ideas of white survival,without creating a chasm between the parent and the child.
Dr Pierce was an academic and thought in the manner as an academic,as thinker of theories; and inventor of ideas and processes,but real parenting requires grass roots ,hands on experience that results in successes that can be duplicated.