Active Parenting Publishers Catalog Discover high-quality, evidence-based parenting education materials provided for more than 28 years. Programs combine warmth, wisdom, and humor to help you create a motivating atmosphere for learning designed for all ages and stages of parenting. See Dr. Michael H. Popkin’s article, “Eight Good Reasons Not to Spank.”
— www.ActiveParenting.com
— Active Parenting Online Group: www.ActiveParenting.com/APOG
Center for Effective Discipline The four main principles of effective discipline that have developed from years of work with children and families are: guide, rather than punish; focus on the positives; be prepared; be consistent.
— www.StopHitting.org
Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance A goal of the alliance is to satisfy human rights obligations by modernizing laws on assault, in order to afford children the same protection as adults.
— www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk
Churches’ Network for Non-violence (CNNV) The Coventry Charter for Children and Non-violence was inspired by the vision of Coventry Cathedral as a world centre for pilgrimage and spiritual renewal and as a focus for international reconciliation; it is a place of nurture for communities and a beacon for peace and nonviolence.
— www.churchesfornon-violence.org
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www.EndCorporalPunishment.org/pages/pdfs/CoventryCharter.pdf
CRIN - Child Rights Information Network Find up-to-date information on children’s rights and the global study on violence against children.
— www.crin.org/violence
Family Research Laboratory A major resouce on domestic violence & violence prevention developed by Murray A. Straus, Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
— http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/
National Youth Rights Association The National Youth Rights Association is the nation’s premier youth rights organization. NYRA is a youth-led national non-profit organization dedicated to achieving civil rights and liberties that are due young people.
— www.youthrights.org
Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE) Exec. Dir. J. Riak
PTAVE takes the position that children should no longer be excluded from the legal protections
against assault and battery that apply to adults. Moreover, the defense of children should be
more vigorous because they are more vulnerable. Request free copy: Plain Talk about Spanking.
— www.NoSpank.net
POPS - People Opposed to Paddling Students, President, Jimmy Dunne, Texas
School paddling is not discipline. It is child abuse. Help stop this child abuse in Texas schools!
— www.nospankingzone.org/
Positive Discipline, Dr. Jane Nelsen
Are you challenged with a child’s temper tantrums? Not listening? Strong-will? Demanding?
Morning Hassles? Bedtime hassles? Homework hassles? Defiance?
Learn hundreds of non-punitive methods that teach children self-discipline.
— www.positivediscipline.com/sandiego
Report on Physical Punishment in the US:
What Research Tells Us About Its Effects on Children
This report has been endorsed by many national organizations concerned with child well-being,
including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the
American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Assoc. of Counsel for Children
— www.phoenixchildrens.com/discipline.
Spare the Rod: Eliminating Corporal Punishment by Teaching Children Parenting
Skills, The Parents Under Construction Program
Most students leave high school lacking training or education in parenting. The lack of
information regarding child development and positive discipline techniques are two major
contributors to the incidence of child abuse. Parents Under Construction teaches children today
the parenting skills they will need in the future.
— www.ChildBuilders.org
The ACT Against Violence: Parents Raising Safe Kids Program
A national anti-violence research-based program that mobilizes communities and educates
families and caregivers to protect children and youth from violence before it occurs.
— www.actagainstviolence.org
The Hitting Stops Here! Paula Flowe, Exec. Dir., Board Member PTAVE.
A campaign for teaching kindness and respect in schools everywhere.
Lectures and introductory workshops provided at no cost for replacing corporal punishment
with positive models of discipline through our The Fun Starts Here! program. Our work is to
support having safe nurturing home and school environments--locally and globally!
Informative YouTubes and America Speaks Blog Talk Radio Shows: left column, Home page.
— www.TheHittingStopsHere.com
The READY Method In Action
Sensitive caregiving is one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes for young children.
The READY Method offers a research-based approach to enhancing sensitive caregiving.
— www.readymethod.com
Unlimited Justice, Marc Ecko, Ecko Unlimited Entrepreneur
Unlimited Justice brings US citizens the chance to not only be a part of the greatest education
reform movement of our time, but also to make it yours. By joining the Unlimited Justice
movement, you'll be given the tools you need to recruit your friends, activate your government
and create your own solutions.
— www.UnlimitedJustice.com
Spare the Kids, Stacey Patton, Board Member, PTAVE Stacey worked on her first book during her college years with three literary agents. In 2004 she met Cheryl Woodruff, a publishing pioneer and award winning editor. Woodruff told Patton, “...move the story beyond yourself and connect it to a larger more universal issue...,” thus, That Mean Old Yesterday was produced.
— www.staceypatton.com
— http://sparethekids.com/
Beating Black Kids, Asadah It is time to look at who children are and how beating them affects who they become. This book challenges parents to change their behavior through understanding the root of this practice. “I never saw beating a child solve the real problem.”
— www.beatingblackkids.com
Instead of Medicating and Punishing, Laurie A. Couture (Bd. Mbr. PTAVE)
Connect with what all children and adolescents need if they are to thrive emotionally, behaviorally, educationally, and spiritually. Learn how children’s brains are wired from conception through adolescence to need certain parenting and educational conditions that are different from almost everything we have grown up with or have learned from our culture.
— www.laurieacouture.com/the-book
Research and Informed Expert Opinion
— www.nospank.net/resrch.htm