A Family Meeting in China (shared with permission) I am Wendy Li, my Chinese name is Li Tao, I come from Chengdu. After learning Positive Discipline, I’ve become a better mom, and a better self. This picture shows my four-year-old daughter carefully taking notes during our first family meeting. Of cause she didn’t know […]
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The Positive Discipline Journey
by Isabelle Belles (Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator) My husband, my then two year-old son, and I moved from Madrid, Spain to Chicago in 2008 because of my husband’s job. I was working at that time for a consulting company as a full-time manager. Even when I had my son, I had never considered stopping working, […]
Empowering vs Enabling Success Story
Why is it so much easier to “enable” than to empower? Enabling is adult behavior that puts the parent between the child and life experiences to minimize the consequences of the child’s choices. Enabling includes rescuing, over-protecting, and controlling without involving the child in problem solving. Enabling behavior encourages an unhealthy dependence in children and […]
Understanding the Belief Behind the Behavior – A Positive Discipline Success Story
Success Story I want to share an encouraging moment from recent life: Our week started with a particularly upsetting episode for my 3 1/2 year-old daughter. She was at preschool and apparently came down with a spontaneous case of the rota-virus that is spreading around the school like wildfire. She had an accident which required […]
Connection Before Correction – A Positive Discipline Success Story
We had just finished Vicki Dolan’s Positive Discipline class at Children’s Playroom in the morning. Most of it was review, but I picked up a few bits of information and one of the things I wrote down was “connection before correction.” I haven’t tried to implement that particular tool very often, but I had the […]
Positive Discipline in London, England
Jane Nelsen Visits The American School in London by Joy Marchese What an exciting week it has been at the American School in London. Dr. Jane Nelsen and Teresa LaSala, Certified PD Lead Trainer, worked with parents, counselors, and teachers from all over the world, including Cairo, Hungry, Denmark, France, Austria, and the United Kingdom. […]
Have Faith in Your Children
Have you every wondered why it is a good idea to have faith in your children? How else will they learn to have faith in themselves? Of course it is important to show your faith with actions. The foundation actions to show faith in your children are avoidance actions such as avoiding over-parenting, rescuing, fixing, […]
Positive Discipline in France
I just have to share this email from Béatrice Sabate, A Certified Positive Discipline Trainer in France. I loved watching the video even though I don’t understand French. Hi everyone, A few good news to share with all of you! Last Wednesday, we got a 4mn during the evening news (prime time) on national television […]
Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude Through Family Meetings
thankful.jpg An attitude of gratitude does not come naturally. It must be learned. Regular practice and sharing will help all family members develop an attitude of gratitude. Family Meeting Gratitude Activity: 1. At the end of a family meeting, pass out a blank “Gratitude Page”. Encourage family members to put the page in a […]
Pay Attention and Wheel of Choice Adaptation
The “Pay Attention” tool card says “Put down whatever you are doing and focus on your child as though he or she is more important than anything else you could do.” But what about those times when there really is something that needs your full attention at that moment. The following story from Elly Zhen, […]