Positive Discipline A-Z: 1001 Solutions To Everyday Parenting Problems (Positive Discipline Library)

As a parent, you face one of the most challenging-and rewarding-roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust the Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing. In this completely updated edition ofPositive Discipline A-Z, you will learn how to use methods to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You?ll find practical solutions to such parenting challenges as:- Sibling Rivalry- Bedtime Hassles- School Problems- Getting Chores Done- ADHD ?ating Problems- Procrastination- Whining- Tattling and Lying- Homework Battles- And Dozens More!This newly revised and expanded third edition contains up-to-the-minute information on sleeping through the night, back talk, and lack of motivation as well as tips on diet, exercise, and obesity prevention, and new approaches to parenting in the age of computers and cell phones.Review?I love your books (personally and professionally). As the mother ofan almost-four-year-old and a one-year-old, I am working on incorporating PD ideas into my parenting, and we look forward to starting family meetings soon!?-Janet Frick, associate professor, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia?The Positive Discipline series has empowered me and my husband to be the kind of parents we want to be day-in and day-out in the face of any and all circumstances. What really struck a chord . . . is that the concepts are simply and clearly presented chapter by chapter in easy-to-read language regarding real-life everyday scenarios. Thank you very much for the contribution you have made to my family?s lives.?-Mary S. McMahon?Thank you so much for all of the wonderful parenting tools-we have a much happier family since discovering your books!?-Krista SchelhaasAbout the AuthorJane Nelsen, Ed.D., is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist, and an internationally known speaker. Lynn Lott, M.A., M.F.T., is a therapist and author of more than eighteen books and manuals. H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., coauthored the bestselling classicsRaising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World and7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students.Excerpt. ?Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter 11What Is Positive Discipline?As a parent you have a big job. You?re the one who helps your children grow up to feel a sense of belonging and connection to the family. You teach your children social and life skills. You help your children feel loved. You find ways to ensure that your children feel special, unique, and important. You keep your children safe.How do you do that? With discipline. Perhaps you think of ?discipline? as a means of control through punishment, but Positive Discipline is not about punishment or control. Rather it is about instructing, educating, preparing, training, regulating, skill building, and focusing on solutions. Positive Discipline is constructive, encouraging, affirming, helpful, loving, and optimistic. As children don?t come with directions, parents need to find an approach that gives them a sense of confidence.Positive Discipline begins at birth and lasts a lifetime. That?s right, it?s never too early or too late to use Positive Discipline, because it is based on mutually respectful relationships in which you respect your child and you respect yourself. If parenting advice focuses only on the needs of the child and not the needs of the adults, it isn?t mutually respectful. That kind of parenting encourages dependence and a lack of courage. If parenting advice focuses only on the needs of the adult and not the needs of the children, that?s also not mutually respectful-it encourages submission, fear, and rebellion.With Positive Discipline, the emphasis is on a balance of