From the book, Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, by H. Stephen Glenn & Jane Nelsen Do you create any of the following barriers regularly with someone you love? Do you believe that if you worked at it you could use them less often? Let’s look at an example as a means of […]
Category Archives: Teachers
A Misbehaving Child is a Discouraged Child
Where did we ever get the crazy idea that the way to make a child “do” better is to first make him or her “feel worse”? That is the premise of punishment; and it is truly crazy. Think of the last time you felt scolded and humiliated by another adult. Were you thinking, “This is […]
Parenting – The Positive Approach
facebook_news.jpg If you are a teacher, have you been teaching long enough to remember when children sat in neat rows and obediently did what they were told? If you are a parent, do you remember when children wouldn’t dare talk back to their parents? If you don’t, perhaps your grandparents do. Many parents and teachers […]
Positive Time Out
positive-time-out.jpg by Dr. Jane Nelsen In many 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 years […]
Disrespectful Behavior
When a child is disrespectful to teachers or classmates, the first source to consider is the behavior of the adults in this child’s life. Children who aren’t treated with respect have no model for respectful behavior. Joe’s parents call each other names, belittle Joe, and sneer when he objects to anything. When Joe behaves similarly […]
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 […]
Bus Behavior
bus.gif An excerpt from Positive Discipline A Teacher’s A-Z Guide 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 […]
Positive Effects of Class Meetings
by Mike Brock I had one of those this-is-what-makes-it-all-worthwhile events this morning. Yesterday, I did one of my “classroom visits” (a.k.a., teacher observation) and during part of the class a student was invited to the overhead projector to demonstrate how to solve a problem to the rest of the class (third grade). But as […]
LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
by Mike Brock I had a “Positive Discipline Moment” today. One of our eighth grade teachers came to me with a student problem. It seems that Jennifer, the student, brought some kind of technological wizardry into Spanish class, some kind of computerized note pad that also has the capability of altering TV channels and […]
Planting Seeds of Change Through Positive Discipline
by Bill Scott, Principal, Rocky Mount Elementary School, Marietta, GA In our mobile society it is not uncommon for some families to relocate several times in a child’s school career. This was true for Jimmy who moved to our school from a West Coast inner-city school. Jimmy had been exposed to gangs, drive-by shootings, […]