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Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing
A Lecture by
Alfie Kohn
Saturday, April 17, 2010
8:00 – 10:00 am
Naropa University
Nalanda Events Center
6287 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, CO 80303
Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The latest of his eleven books are THE HOMEWORK MYTH: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing (2006) and UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (2005). Of his earlier titles, the best known are PUNISHED BY REWARDS: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes (1993), NO CONTEST: The Case Against Competition (1986), and THE SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN DESERVE: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” (1999).
Tickets are $25 and available at Naropa University’s website.
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