Non-Violent Resistance: A New Approach to Violent and Self-destructive Children

by Haim Omer, Shoshana London Sappir (Translator)

Beginning with an examination of Gandhi's nonviolent resistance and its application to the family context, Haim Omer presents a model of violence escalation processes between parents and children, as well as ways to overcome escalation. Non-Violent Resistance includes a step-by-step instruction manual for parents and special topics *dealing with violence against siblings; *dealing with children who take control of the house; *building alliances between parents and teachers; *community uses of the approach. Haim Omer is Professor of Psychology at Tel Aviv University, He is the author (with Nahi Alon) of Constructing Therapeutic Narratives (Jason Aronson, 1997) and Parental Presence (Zeig, Tucker and Theisen, 2000), which was a Bestseller in Israel.

Genres: Psychology

230 pages, Hardcover

First published December 22, 2003

Reviews

[Toby Newton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful for anyone - parent, teacher, counsellor, psychologist, human being = working with children, but also, beyond that, anyone needing to transact with adults who demonstrate childlike thinking, which, let's face it, is a great many.

Scripts and heuristics such as "strike while the iron is cold!" and "the object is to persist, not to win" are highly valuable items to habituate around.

Much good guidance for anyone who must function in or, especially, attempt to lead teams.

[Qingfen Zhang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good insight for some very difficult parenting situations at home!

Very good insight for some very difficult parenting situations at home! I think it empowers parents in difficult situations, recommend to all parents who feel helpless at certain situations.