Taming Temper Tantrums by Aisha Pope I was in a mall store with my son who was about 16-17 months old and was a pretty talented tantrum thrower. He didn’t have a problem walking around the mall; he just hated going into the actual stores; so I could count on him to get upset when […]
Category Archives: Parents
Communicate with Kids about Drugs
This will be a very long blog, because it includes a huge portion of Chapter Eight from the book, Positive Discipline for Parenting in Recovery by Lynn Lott, Riki Intner, and Jane Nelsen. Since we just did a podcast on this book, I thought you might find it helpful to have this section on talking […]
Hitting and Spanking
The most rewarding part of my work is hearing from people who have found it so encouraging in their lives. I just happened to be answering the Positive Discipline phones when Tiana called about an order. She shared how thrilled she was with Positive Discipline, so I encouraged her to take the workshop, Teaching Parenting […]
H. Stephen Glenn
H. Stephen Glenn was a brilliant, charismatic person who was dedicated to Developing Capable Young People by helping adults become more capable in their skills for working with children. At the end of this post, you’ll see a video sample from one of his online video program. I was one of those who attended his […]
I Was Punished, and I Turned Out Fine
by Dr. Jane Nelsen 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, […]