Author » Alfie Kohn
Books by this author
April 25th, 2012

Alfie Kohn has a light-hearted easy to read approach and at the same time he challenges many of our well-intended ideas about praising children. This book will make you sit up and think about what children really need to thrive.
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April 19th, 2011

This work is a compelling expose of homework – its negative effects, why it’s so widely accepted, and what we can do about it. Whilst they’re free of many of the worries of adulthood, one of the inevitable downsides faced by kids is the idea that after spending the day at school, they must complete more academic assignments once they’re
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April 19th, 2011

Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them.
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