teenager-legs.jpg An excerpt from the Positive Discipline for Teenagers book by Dr. Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott. REMEMBER WHEN YOUR teen was a baby just learning to walk? What a milestone. You didn‘t want to miss any of it, and you were very supportive and encouraging. You would take her little hands in yours and […]
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Child Discipline: To Punish or Not
by Dr. Jane Nelsen discipline.jpg What do you think of when you hear the word “discipline”? Most people think of punishment. I invite you to think a little deeper starting with the exploration of the long-term results of punishment. When children are punished they do not learn self-discipline. Punishment provides “external” motivation. Self-discipline requires “inner” […]
Follow Through
follow_through_article_1.jpg by Cheryl Erwin You hear a lot of talk these days about boundaries. Oprah talks about setting healthy boundaries. Parenting books explain how to set boundaries. Parents everywhere understand the need for rules. So what, precisely, is it that makes discipline so frustrating? The way I see it, it isn’t setting the rules and […]
Dealing with bullying behavior in a school setting
bullying.png Question: I am looking for some concrete practical tips for dealing with bullying behavior in a school setting. How can I work to change the bully’s behavior? How can I help the victim avoid any further victimization? Answer: I have included excerpts on Bullying and the Victim from our book, Positive Discipline: A Teacher’s A-Z […]
Overcoming Bedtime Hassles
Question: bedtime.png Bedtime at our house has become an absolute nightmare! My 6-year-old daughter will not go to sleep unless I stay in the room. I have tried to wean her off this dependency by leaving the room for short periods of time, but this causes her to deliberately try to stay awake waiting for […]
Reward System in Preschool
Question: I would like some feedback regarding the following situation: My oldest daughter just turned 3 and is in a preschool program 2 days a week for 3 hours a day. There is a teacher and assistant for 12 children. The teacher is very young and this is her second year teaching children of this […]
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 […]
Child Fighting With Friends
Question: “My child seems to fight a lot with her friends. How can I help her?” Answer: From Positive Discipline A-Z Understanding Your Child, Yourself, and the Situation As parents, it is painful to watch our children suffer hurt, rejection, and isolation when they fight with their friends. However, this too seems to be a […]
Nap Time Battles
Question: I am desperate to teach my 5 1/2 month old son to nap during the day. He sleeps fairly well through the night (usually sleeping about six hours, waking up for a feed, then sleeping another four or five hours), but during the day he will NOT nap. He can be exhausted, fall asleep […]