Question: Jane – How old do you suggest children be to start family meetings? My boys are 3 1/2 and 5 years old. I’d like to start family meetings to discuss issues that need to be addressed and get the boys involved, but I’m thinking they may be too young. Thanks. Julie Answer: Hi Julie, […]
Category Archives: Parents Q&A
Strong Willed Child
Question: strong-willed-child-web.jpg I have so many issues I don’t even know where to begin. I am the proud mother of a beautiful 2-year-old daughter. She is the light of my life but boy are we having troubles. She is very independent and strong-willed. Also very LOUD!!! Screaming at the top of her lungs is her […]
Bullying Siblings
bullying.png Question: I have 3 boys. The oldest is 12, the middle 11 and youngest 7. The middle child has ADHD. My oldest son is a bully to the middle child. My question is how do I handle my sons when they are bickering in front of their friends outside? For instance, my oldest son […]
Toddlers and the Hitting Stage
Question: I have a 14-month-old son and recently bought your book Positive Discipline, The First Three Years as he began to really start to show his little personality and I realized wow, I need help! I finished it tonight but still have a question and really wanted your opinion about the issue of hitting. Our son, […]
Child Won't Leave When it is Time to Go
Question: I am a single mother and have one 5-year-old son, Sean. Last night, I attended a seminar with Jane Nelsen after working all day. While I was at the seminar, Sean was at a drop in day care (Klubhouse) that stays open into the late evening. I have used this place before. Sean […]
Is Something Tougher than Positive Discipline Needed?
dejected-boy.jpg Question: I am the mother of a 3-year-old boy (his birthday is actually tomorrow) and he is also a student in my Montessori school. Over the year he has been at school we have had many challenges with me being “around” a lot and never really having that separation from me that other kids get. […]
Five-Year-Old Lying and Constantly in Trouble
Question: Hi, I have a daughter who just turned 5 and a 20-month-old son. My daughter is constantly giving us trouble, at home and at day care. I’ll start with…she actually bit someone a few weeks ago at school. I couldn’t believe it at her age. Then when I asked her who she bit, she […]
Exhausted From Raising a Toddler
crayons-on-wall.jpg Question: I have read a lot on your site, looking for some specific solutions for toddlers and I find that even the advice that is supposed to be for toddlers really seems too advanced for my 22-month-old. Let me tell you what my problem is…my 22-month-old has been having a lot of outbursts that […]
Rebelling
Question: rebellious-teen-02.jpg My wife and I do not know what to do about our daughter’s rebelling. She refuses to do anything that we ask her to do. She has been caught drinking, smoking cigarettes, shoplifting, and possibly using drugs. We do not want to drive her away, but we feel very strongly about these issues. […]
Divorce
An Excerpt from Positive Discipline A-Z, by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, and H. Stephen Glenn divorce.jpg Question “I want to get a divorce, but I’m so afraid it will hurt my children. Should I stay in my marriage for the sake of the children?” Answer Understanding Your Child, Yourself, and the Situation Many circumstances in […]