b111-4th-edition.jpg An excerpt from the book, Positive Discipline for Preschoolers. Understanding your preschooler’s development and filling your toolbox with Positive Discipline parenting tools will go a long way toward resolving conflicts with your young child. It also helps to know that temperament, birth order, brain development, physical and intellectual abilities, and skill acquisition underlie much […]
Category Archives: Parents
Help! My Child is Stealing!
Question: child-stealing.jpg First, let me say that your book Positive Discipline has been immensely helpful. I read it when my son was five (he’s ten now) and I buy a copy for all the new parents I know ( along with the “Read-Aloud Handbook” by Jim Trelease). So thank for writing the book! My son […]
When Parents Lose It
stressedmom.jpg Have you ever “lost it” with you kids? My guess is that most people will answer, “Yes,” to this question. The next question is, “Then what did you do?”. Did you feel guilty and beat up on yourself. Or did you rejoice because you just provided your children with a model of learning from […]
How Do You Motivate a Teen?
winning-cooperation.jpg There are many reasons why teens lack motivation to do what parents want them to do. (You’ll notice they don’t lack motivation to do what they want to do — talk on the phone, skateboard, shop, party, etc.) For now, I’ll mention just a few: Parents nag and invite resistance. Teens feel “conditionally loved” […]
Routines
routines-parents-web-small.jpg Routines (Breakdown after “Take Time for Training“) Many of the Positive Discipline Tool Cards go well together. Following is the continuation of Katies story that started with success in following the Take Time for Training tool card. After so much success Sunday implementing a “cleaning day workshop” as part of the Take Time […]
I Need A Hug
dad_hug_1.jpg I was watching some videos by Bob Bradbury the other day. They are very informative and inspiring. Bob tells a story about a father who tried the “I need a hug” suggestion. His small son was having a temper tantrum. The father got down on one knee and shouted, “I need a hug.” His […]
Time Out for Children Under the Age of Reason
positive-time-out.jpg In all of our books we talk about “Positive Time Out“. There are several points that need to be made regarding time out for children who have not yet reached the age of reason. #1 Any kind of time out should not be used with children under 3-1/2. Until children reach the age of reason, which starts […]
Weaning a Toddler
weaning_web.jpg Question: Any suggestions for weaning a toddler? My first child is now 2 and 1/2. If I’m around (and I am for the most part) she breastfeeds to sleep, and wants to breastfeed during the day (which we’ve mostly stopped.) She can fall asleep on her own-as she does at “school” 2 days a […]
The Significant Seven
by H. Stephen Glenn & Jane Nelsen From the book Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. Every human being is born with the potential to become the world’s most capable creature, not with the capabilities themselves. Unlike the amoeba, which is capable of functioning at its full potential from creation, humans acquire their capabilities primarily […]
Control or Cooperation
Are you trying to gain control over children or with children? Trying to gain control over children is hard. It takes constant effort. You have to be very vigilant to police the action of children so you can implement your control tactics—usually punishment and rewards. You have to catch children being “good” so you can […]