Introduction: What is Non-Violent Resistance?; 1. Avoiding Escalation.; 2. The Declaration or Statement of Intent.; 3. The Sit-In.; 4. Going Public.; 5. Telephone Rounds.; 6. Linking.; 7. The Sit-Down Strike.; 8. Refusing Orders.; 9. Reconciliation.; 10. Summary: Empowerment and Readiness.; Case Study.; Non-Violent Resistance in Practice.
Description
Happy Families... proposes a ""non-violent resistance"" approach that avoids escalation while making it quite clear that silence does not equal acceptance. Through techniques like sit-down strikes and calling everyone in your child's social circle, the approach allows parents to confront dangerous behavior without turning up the emotional volume or allowing the child to be in control. This process that requires a lot of patience, perseverance, and daring from parents who may be feeling embattled and overwhelmed themselves, but this slim guidebook does a good job in presenting the steps in a simple and straightforward way. You can read it quickly and start to think about how you'd put it into action.