In the end, the construction of discipline reflects our hopes about the working world our kids will find themselves in. We've decided not to hit our kids partly because we don't want to cause them pain, but also because we hope that kids who don't know fear will be better off in the world we're trying to make. What we're left with the perennial anxiety that we are not doing enough to prepare them for independence.
How Do You Discipline a Child in the Post-Hitting Era?
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I'd argue that is no longer so much the case, at least in the imaginations of middle-class parents. Today's working world rewards independence, risk-taking and self-confidence. But where does discipline fit in? And what kind of world are we readying our kids for, anyway? As parents, we are aware, simultaneously, that if everyone is raising their kids to be the next Steve Jobs or Miranda July, we're in for a ...
How Do You Discipline a Child in the Post-Hitting Era?
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We used to hit our kids because we thought it was good for them, and—within the context of the harsher world those kids grew up in—we may not have been entirely wrong. The way we think of "discipline" today is a throwback to an economic and cultural past, when the ability to sit still and keep quiet had measurable rewards all the way into adulthood. Many profession...
How Do You Discipline a Child in the Post-Hitting Era?
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Despite the challenge, we keep on trying to reason with our kids—it's the closest thing we have to a current consensus about how to discipline them. Given this, it's no surprise that one of the perennially best-selling contemporary parenting advice books is How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. This book would read as utte...
How Do You Discipline a Child in the Post-Hitting Era?
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When parents are consistent in their messaging, Scarlett adds, kids become "literate" in their parents' tones of voices and facial expressions, and come to know when they "really mean it." He argues that kids shouldn't be labeled "spoiled" so much as "unable to read" firmness, because their parents haven't given them enough consistent demonstrations to learn from.
How Do You Discipline a Child in the Post-Hitting Era?
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Let it be known, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which goes up on Netflix at midnight, is strange. Kimmy just spent the last 15 years in an underground bunker, being lied to by a cult preacher. Now she's one of the rescued Indiana "mole women," back in the real world (or as real as New York can feel) and trying to make a life for herself. She winds up with an eccentric roommate, Titus (Tituss Burgess, wonderful), a loopy landlady (Carol Kane), and a job working for an erratic uptown mom (Jane Krakowski). Kimmy has the experiences of a...
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is Terrific -- Vulture
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Rihanna went on a semi-crazy preview binge Thursday with a few teases, the most recent of which included the musical backdrop for the NCAA's March Madness. Dubbed "American Oxygen," this song from her upcoming album was featured in a 30-second spot full of patriotism, basketball, and one of those crazy fans who makes your hair do acrobatics. The only th...
RiRi Teases ‘American Oxygen’ for March Madness -- Vulture
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...creatively, that the proof of concept doesn’t have to be in this one little test, and that you get to lay it all out and try to figure out how it’s gonna work without having to do this audition?
Lord: I don’t know if this show would have survived a pilot process. It’s so scary, and I do wanna give credit to the Fox people for putting their money where their mouth is. They loved this pitch, and they not only wanted it to be in their studio, they wanted it to b... Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Last Man on Earth -- Vulture
Lord: I don’t know if this show would have survived a pilot process. It’s so scary, and I do wanna give credit to the Fox people for putting their money where their mouth is. They loved this pitch, and they not only wanted it to be in their studio, they wanted it to b... Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Last Man on Earth -- Vulture
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... influence of executive producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Last Man on Earth is instantly apparent, as you realize the name of Will Forte's character, Phil Miller, is a composite of their names. But it goes beyond that: Last Man on Earth has the signature mix of high-concept and heart they brought to projects like The Lego Movie, 21 and 22 Jump Street, and Clone High. Also, like many of their projects, it seems like it could've potentially been a terrible idea. But as fawning critics and early viewers (the show premiered to much bigger numbers than expected) can attest, they did it again. To figure out exactly how, John Horn, host of Southern California Pub...
Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Last Man on Earth -- Vulture
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