Past Articles
Articles for Parents
  1. Why have Family Meetings?
  2. The Significant Seven
  3. Family Relief At Last
  4. My child seems to fight a lot with her friends. How can I help her?
  5. How do I help my children become friends with children I approve of?
  6. I Was Punished, and I Turned Out Just Fine. An excerpt from "Parents Who Love Too Much" by Jane Nelsen and Cheryl Erwin"
    How fine is "fine"? Fine is relative. Yes, most of us turned out just "fine." We can laugh at some of the punishments we received as a child--and even say we deserved them. However, if we had been allowed to learn from our mistakes instead of being made to pay for them, is it possible we might be even better than "fine"?
  7. Follow Through You hear a lot of talk these days about boundaries. Oprah talks about setting healthy boundaries. Parenting books explain how to set boundaries. Parents everywhere understand the need for rules. So what, precisely, is it that makes discipline so frustrating?
  8. What Do You Say to Your Child When He's Standing at the Refrigerator with the Door Open?
  9. He shared a lot of stories about how to be kind and firm at the same time. It was really hard for me to believe that it would work. In my family there had been plenty of firmness — but very little kindness, By Jody McVittie, M.D.
  10. Positive Discipline Guidelines, From the book Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen
  11. Peace in our community, our nation, and our world begins with peace in our homes. by Cheryl Erwin.
  12. Whining (An Excerpt from Positive Discipline A to Z by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, and H. Stephen Glenn)
  13. Building Community by Michael L. Brock
  14. Parents as Life Long Teachers. by Jane Nelsen
  15. Avoiding Barriers. by Jane Nelsen, and H. Stephen Glenn)
  16. "BOYS" by Cheryl Erwin.
  17. Kings & Queens. by Daniel Eckstein, Ph.D.
  18. Lying. an excerpt from the book Positive Discipline A-Z
  19. Disrespectful Behavior. an excerpt from the book Positive Discipline: A Teacher's A-Z Guide
  20. What Does Your Child "Know" About "No". by Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, and Roslyn Duffy
  21. Washington-Franklin Elementary. by Paul Watkins, Principal, Washington-Franklin Elementary School, Farmington, MO
  22. Working With Perception. by and H. Stephen Glenn
  23. I Need A Hug!. by Jane Nelsen
  24. 18 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles. by Jane Nelsen
  25. Kindness & Firmness. by Jane Nelsen
  26. Time Out. by Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, and Roslyn Duffy
  27. Tricks. An interview by Jane Nelsen
  28. Tools For Working With Children. by Steve Hargadon
  29. How Do You Motivate a Teen? By Jane Nelsen author of Positive Discipline.

Articles for Teachers

  1. Positive Discipline At Roosevelt. A committee was formed that investigated different discipline policies. After many hours of research and discussion, a small majority chose Positive Discipline.
  2. No-Rescue Contract that could be used in school settings to promote respect, responsibility, and closer parent/school relations. The contract has gone through several revisions since; here it is reproduced in its latest form, and I offer it with the recommendation that you consider using it, adapted as you see fit for your school.
  3. A Radical Proposal for Improved Home-School Relations.
  4. The Master Teacher. People can be born with the talent of teaching and can learn over the years all the techniques and skills needed to effectively communicate information, they still they may not be great teachers because they lack those qualities that this parent noted.
  5. NO MORE LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES! At least hardly ever! FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS by Jane Nelsen.
  6. Stories from Stephanie Corvese, second grade teacher, St. Catherine of Siena, Woodbridge (Toronto), Ontario
  7. Stories from Loretta Sedran, French Teacher grades 1-8, Holy Jubilee Catholic School, Toronto, Ontario
  8. Positive Time Out
  9. Class Meeting Solutions -Put Downs, A child in the first grade had terrible body odor. Some children made disparaging remarks about how he smelled. Those who sat near him would occasionally ask the teacher whether they could move away because he smelled so bad.
  10. Lines, Lines, Lines. What's the purpose of having children line up? Can anyone remember?
  11. Moving to a New School: Bringing Three Staffs to Harmony
  12. Bus Behavior. Problems on the bus seem to be a major concern kindergarten through high school. Look at the behavior on any bus, anywhere in the world, and you will have a barometer of the development of (or lack of) internalized social skills, life skills, and social interest.
  13. Planting Seeds of Change Through Positive Discipline. In our mobile society it is not uncommon for some families to relocate several times in a child's school career.
  14. The Student Who Came With A Warning! Label
  15. Looking For Solutions In The Principal's Office
  16. The Spinoffs of Positive Discipline

 

 

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