Question: How do you handle a 9 year old boy who defecates in his pants during the school day (each day) with no medical cause identified? Answer: To do justice to this question I would need much more information. Since I don’t know more, I can only make some guesses. Sometimes soiling pants is […]
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Fooling Around During Class Meetings
Question: Yesterday afternoon I knew I needed an easy afternoon as I was feeling a bit ill. At 12:20 I told the students that we were going to have a class meeting. Then we would go outside for recess. That would probably be about 12:40. Then we would come in about 1:05 and go to […]
Child Won't Listen in Daycare
Question: I work at a daycare with 3-5 year olds. I have a child in my class that does not listen to me most of the time. She is not phased by any of my discipline ideas. I am running out of ideas. Do you have suggestions about what I should do, or any new […]
Dealing With a Strong-Willed Child
Question: I like your ideas. I use them at home most of the time. Can you give me some ideas for a very stubborn child. She is so intense in playing and singing and dancing that I can hardly get her to stop long enough to dress or eat or listen to me. She is […]
Need Approval
Question: I have a 5.5-year-old only son. He is in kindergarten. I spend a lot of time on his wants and needs (as well as my own and my family). He is bright and nice, etc, etc. There is an area in which I am not sure how to proceed. He seems to be more […]
Complaints and Sandbags
Question: I’ve been reading with interest your website and hope you can help me. We are a family of 4, Mom Dad and 2 boys ages 7 and 10. My 10-year-old is the one I am having problems with. Everything seems to be chore for him. For instance if I ask him to put something […]
ADD or Personality Difference?
Question: I have a 7 year old son. He is handsome, kind, and very intelligent. The problem is that he can’t sit still in class. He is often out of his seat, making noises, whistling, not paying attention, not staying on task and not completing his classroom assignments. He also is constantly talking back and […]
Teacher Punishes Whole Class
Question: I am a parent of a 5th grader. There are 30 students in this classroom and the teacher is having a lot of difficulty controlling them. He has resorted to punishing the whole class because several of the students are “misbehaving”. My son has not been the cause of this teacher’s frustration but has […]
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 […]
Whining
Question: “My child whines and it is driving me crazy. Punishment and bribery haven’t worked. Does it sound like I’m whining? Please help!” Answer: Excerpt from the book Positive Discipline A-Z. Understanding Your Child, Yourself, and the Situation Children do what works. If your child is whining, he or she is getting a response from […]