The opening statement �Children are badly behaved� didn�t inspire me to read on, but I looked further hoping perhaps they would go on to say that children aren�t �bad�, but that they are exhibiting unacceptable behaviour for various reasons.

 

I was disappointed to go on and read things such as �can we be sure they�ll take their Ritalin when they�re supposed to�. On saying this, there are some very valuable things later on in the book to consider, such as positive reinforcement and giving the children reasons to behave well.

 

I guess my point is that (as with most things) we should make sure we stay objective and not take everything as being the �right� way!