Through a Child's Eyes: the Unsquashed Will

A reader conversation: When childhood anxiety was misunderstood as willfulness that needed tamed

“Crying” - Sarah

This week, we’re doing something a little different. After last week’s post about Dobson and The Strong-Willed Child I heard from a reader who I’m going to call Bobbi.

I had gotten rather focused on the spanking encouraged by James Dobson (up to one or two times at a session, with a belt, depending upon the level of misbehavior). But Bobb…