Question I am a newcomer to Positive Discipline and am thoroughly enjoying the lessons I’m learning each day and week. I am the mother of a 2.5 year old girl and am expecting another baby in May. I am a stay at home mom, and my husband works out of the home, so we’re both […]
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Certified Positive Discipline Associates
Some of you may know that the Positive Discipline Association sponsors training for people to become Certified Positive Discipline Educators. After they take the first two-day training, many decide they want to proceed with advanced training so they send a “Letter of Intent” to become a trainer candidate. We just received the following letter from […]
Enthusiastic about their successes with Positive Discipline
It is always fun to interview someone who is so enthusiastic about their successes with Positive Discipline. Following is the email I received from Stephanie Peterson-Ferrel before calling her for an interview. Be sure to check out her website. Her writing is humorous and captures the feelings of many people. Dear Dr. Nelsen, I’m not […]
Pushing Younger Brother: Does Three-Year-Old Know Better?
Question: Hello Jane, I have read your books Positive Discipline and Positive Discipline for Preschoolers — I think it is a great approach. My three year old son is constantly pushing my 19-month-old — how can I use positive discipline to nip the behavior in the bud? Should I use positive time-outs? I think he […]
Help! A Teenager Has Moved into My Child's Body!
Help! A Teenager Has Moved into My Child’s Body! Parents, have you experienced the teenage time warp phenomenon yet? One minute you’re snuggling with your kindergarten-age child, who has crawled into your bed on a lazy Saturday morning, and the next minute you’re staring at a Keep Out sign on her bedroom door. Ohmigosh, what […]
Temper Tantrums—Intense in Public
Question: Hi! I am the mother of a 3-year-old girl and a 6-month-old son. My question concerns my daughter. She is bright, curious, outgoing and extremely affectionate. However, since she was younger than one, she has always been prone to extreme tantrums. I have read every single one of your books and apply the ideas […]
Teenager Lacking Motivation? Not Really!
Question: I have a 19- old-son, who was fired from his job and just stopped going to community college twice. He was fired because instead of going to work, he stayed at his friend’s birthday party. He spends his days at home in front of the computer, has no responsibilities except to take out the […]
Christmas Toys: Overindulgence or an Opportunity for Effective Parenting
Every Christmas, advertising creates a shortage for the latest toy rage. Remember the year it was Furbys? That was the “good old days, when a popular toy was less expensive. Now they are iPads, xBoxes, or iPhones—items that cost hundreds of dollars. And what do parents do? Anything they can to make sure their little […]
Cries at Preschool
crying-preschooler.png Question: Hello Jane, I have a 4.5 year old boy and he refuses to go to school. Actually it’s a daycare program that’s run by 2 of my best friends so I know it’s a safe and loving environment. I enrolled him for 3 afternoons a week to socialize with other children his age […]
Son Prefers Cookies
Question: Hi Jane, My son has decided that he really likes cookies and prefers them over a lot of other foods. We often serve him his normal, healthy food and tell him that if he finishes it or eats a few more bites, he can have a cookie. The power struggle between us and him […]