New Theme Packs 11 & 12, containing selected articles about child
guidance from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler," may be
ordered at http://go.ourworld.nu/hstein/theme.htm.

Theme Pack 11 - Influencing Children: "Problem Children" and "The
Child's Symptom Selection," by Alfred Adler.
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Adler stresses the futility of dominance and punishment in
influencing children. In order to gain a child's respect and
cooperation, an adult must approach the child with a feeling of
equality and engage the child in a friendly discussion to solve
problems for mutual benefit. Children who feel intimidated by
adults, often resort to lying, deception, and annoying symptoms to
defeat their adversary.

Theme Pack 12 - The Roots of Child Guidance: "The Physician as
Educator" and "The child's Need for Affection," by Alfred Adler.
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In his earliest writings as a physician, before developing his
principles of psychological theory and practice, Adler urges the
medical community to look at the education of children. He stresses
the avoidance of punishment as well as the seminal importance of
affection. These articles foreshadow his later conception of social
interest as a central factor in personality development.