The current model of parental discipline is as outdated as a rotary phone.
Why don't our kids do what we want them to do? Parents often take the blame for
misbehavior, but this obscures a broader trend: in our modern, highly connected
age, children have less self-control than ever. About half of the current
generation of children will develop a mood or behavioral disorder or a substance
addiction by age eighteen. Contemporary kids need to learn independence and
responsibility, yet our old ideas of punishments and rewards are preventing this
from happening.
To stem this growing crisis of self-regulation, journalist and parenting expert
Katherine Reynolds Lewis articulates what