I looked up Tomato Staking and the author's website (Raising Godly Tomatoes). She says her approach stemmed from her raising 10 kids. I understand her thought to spend more time with an acting out child...especially when a child is battling with many others for attention. But I would argue that this child intensive approach is not nearly so necessary in a small family. What really disturbs me is that she advocates that parents use spanking and corner time as forms of punishment. I am a realist, I get that parents resort to spanking when nothing else works - but the idea of any other parenting intervention I've ever studied is how to help parents move PAST spanking. It makes me question the value of her practices in general.
