Analysis Of Olga Khazan's No Spanking, No Problems

Olga Khazan, author of No Spanking, No Time Out, No Problem, writes about her interview with child Psychologist, Alan Kazdin. During the interview, Kazdin really goes into child psychology, and how typical and popular parenting methods may not prove effective on children anymore. Both Khazan and Kazdin attempt to tap into the emotions of existing parents, or parents-to-be, by giving scenarios and examples of child behavior and personal experiences.
One may definitely notice throughout the text that author, Khazan, attempts to manipulate with the way that she writes. Khazan dives deep into one side of the psychology of children and the effects that discipline may have on children. In her text, No Spanking, No Time Out, No Problem, Khazan states that, “The way to get rid of a child’s negative behavior is not punishment.” (Khazan). This quote insinuates that the author works to tell people, specifically parents, that punishing children is not the way to get them to comply and behave. From here, Khazan uses evidence from a personal interview with child psychologist, Alan Kazdin. Kazdin has and provides a considerable amount of evidence from his own experiences and his own studies, making him a pretty reliable first-hand source. In

Khazan writes her interview out in quick, easy to read, small paragraphs. This makes it a lot easier for readers to quickly skim and pick up important information within the text without reading it fully. An advantage to this method, is that writers can potentially get more people to thoroughly read their writings. Many readers will skim a text quickly to decide if they want to read it, and so being able to easily pick crucial parts of the text out by skimming, readers can quickly consider reading the text fully. The use of larger text and an eye-catching picture at the top also help to bring in readers and make them want to continue