Education
Notes
Education, in this vault, is examined through the lens of what actually supports development — both in formal instruction and in parenting. The central questions are: how do we support others' growth without undermining it, and what does effective feedback and discipline look like?
Scaffolded Growth addresses the discipline of calibrated support: how to praise in ways that build intrinsic motivation (effort, not ability), when to resist rescuing so that productive struggle can occur, and why excessive control defeats the growth it intends to produce. Development requires restraint from the facilitator, not just resources.
Punishment examines the limits and costs of punishment as a developmental tool — and the alternative models (emotional coaching, natural consequences, acknowledgment) that produce better outcomes without the relational damage.
Books
The Whole-Brain Child (book) The Homework Myth (book) How We Think (book) The Myth of the Spoiled Child (book) The Opposite of Spoiled (book) Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child (book) Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success (book) Raising Resilience (book) The Montessori Toddler (book) The Happiest Baby on the Block (book)
Authors
Alfie Kohn Daniel J. Siegel Tina Payne Bryson