Discipline 101: The basics of correcting children
Baby and Discipline (see also Methods below)
- Actions Precede Beliefs
- Baby Highchair Manners
- Baby-Proofing
- Benefits of Teaching Consequences
- Childishness vs. Foolishness
- Discipline Foundations for Your Baby
- Discipline: Start Early
- Discipline: Step-by-step Process
- Discipline Strategy: Surrender with Dignity
- Distraction as a Discipline Tool
- Encouragement
- House-Proofing: Pick your battles
- O Christmas Tree
- Public Behavior
- Self-Control: A Foundational Virtue
- Teaching Child to Come When Called
- Teaching Your Baby “No”
Bedtime and Discipline
Boundaries
Child Age Range
- 8 Ways To Respond to, “Everyone is Doing It!”
- A Common, Yet Unknown, Cause of Disobedience
- Don’t Be Your Child’s Scapegoat
- Getting Children to Obey the First Time
- How to Allow Children to Feel Without Acting Out
- How to Respond to “Everyone Else is Doing It”
- How To Stop Back Talk
- Kindertude
- Understanding Accidental Behavior
- Should You Bail Your Child Out?
- Should You Correct for Attitude?
- Why I Hate the Concept of Everyone Wins
- Why Kids Lie (and what to do about it)
- Why You Should Let Your Children Be Bored
Freedoms
- 8 Ways To Respond to, “Everyone is Doing It!”
- Freedoms
- The Choice Addiction (for Toddlers)
- Constantly Needing to Correct the Child
- How To Stop Back Talk
- Too Many Freedoms
- When Kids Push The Limits (Dos and Don’ts)
- Wise In Your Own Eyes
In Action
- In Action: Find Your Child’s Currency
- In Action: Power of “Yes Mommy”
- In Action: Remaining Calm For Discipline
- In Action: Training In Times of Non-Conflict
- In Action: “Yes, Mama”
- Library Training
Logical Consequences
- Benefits of Teaching Consequences
- Logical Consequences Help
- Logical Consequences: Hitting and Biting
- Logical Consequences: Public Tantrums
- Logical Consequences: Saying “no” When Given Direction
- Logical Consequences: The Diaper Change
- Logical Consequences: Throwing Toys
- Logical Consequences: What Was Mis-Used
- Parenting With Love and Logic: Everything You Need to Know
Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours Book
- Book Review: Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
- Making Children Mind…Random Thoughts
- Making Children Mind…Chores and Allowance
- Making Children Mind…Discipline is Not Instant Gratification
- Making Children Mind…Discipline Thoughts
- Making Children Mind…Encouragement vs. Reward
- Making Children Mind…Show Love
- Making Children Mind…Siblings Fighting
- Making Children Mind…The Super Parent
Mealtime and Discipline
- Baby Highchair Manners
- Creating a “Good Eater”
- Family Mealtime: Preparing for Success
- Mealtime Offenses (and Defenses)
- Overcoming the Picky Eater
- Refusal of Favorite Foods
- Throwing/Dropping Food off of the Tray
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
Methods
- 8 Ways To Use Positive Reinforcement for Good Behavior
- Be Directive, Positive, and Concrete
- Commanding Obedience within Reason
- Consequences
- Considerations for Correction
- Controlling the Young Temper
- Discipline Foundations
- Discipline Methods: 10 Months and up
- Discipline: Start Early
- Discipline Strategy: Surrender with Dignity :
- Disciplining The Strong-Willed Child
- Disciplining Your Child Without Taking Yourself Too Seriously
- Distraction as a Discipline Tool
- Encouragement
- Encouragement as Discipline
- Evaluating and Teaching Context
- First Time Obedience–First Things First
- Get To Know Your Child’s Personality
- Getting Children to Obey the First Time
- Guidelines for Logical Consequences
- How to Allow Children to Feel Without Acting Out
- How to Correct Your Preteen
- How To Easily Get Your Child To Do What You Say
- How to Handle an Aggressive Toddler
- How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions
- How to Respond to “Everyone Else is Doing It”
- How to Respond to Siblings Fighting
- How To Stop Back Talk
- How To Teach Your Child to Come When Called
- Hand Folding: Establishing Self-Control
- How I Discipline Without Spanking
- How To Teach Children to Share
- How To Teach Your Child to Come When Called
- Library Training
- Natural Consequences vs. Grace
- No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk…Or Is There?
- Obedience Percentages
- Positive Discipline
- Principles of Instruction
- Problem Solving Using Beliefs, Goals, Why, and How
- Quotable Mondays: Discipline
- Raising Difficult Children
- Restaurant Manners {Dining Out With Children}
- Substitution: Toddlerwise
- Teach What Obedience Looks Like
- Teaching Child to Come When Called
- The Danger of Over-Correcting {Guest Post}
- The Timer
- Time-Out/Isolation
- Train To Obey Your Voice
- What to Do When Discipline is Not Working
- Why I Don’t Let My Children Fight
- “Yes Mom”
- Yes When You Can, No When You Must
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child Book
- 6 Things I Love About Having a Strong-Willed Child
- Aggression
- Book Review: Parenting the Strong Willed Child
- Building Positive Self- Esteem
- Communication Skills
- Disciplining The Strong-Willed Child
- Dressing Problem Solving
- Integrating Skills
- Keeping Promises
- Parenting The Strong-Willed Child: Program Outline
- Patience
- Sleep and the Strong-Willed Child
- Traveling Tips {Strong-Willed Child}
- What is Strong Willed?
- Factors That Influence Behavior
Pep Talks for Parents
- 3 Reasons YOU Get To Be In Charge
- “Boys Will Be Boys”
- The “D” Word
- Discipline: Progress is a Spiral
- Discipline: Start Early
- Fair vs. Equal
- Progress is a Spiral: Illustration
- The All-Important “Why”
Phrases
- 7 Phrases That Help You Avoid Losing Your Temper as a Parent
- Discipline Phrase: “I didn’t ask if you wanted to…”
- Discipline Phrase: “Just Sit and Be Bored”
- Discipline Phrase: “That Is Not a Request”
- Discipline Phrase: “You don’t have the freedom to…”
- Discipline Phrase: “Turn off your whiney voice”
- The Perfect Way to Respond to a Dramatic Child
- Teaching Your Baby “No”
- What and Where
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
Preschoolers
- A Common, Yet Unknown, Cause of Disobedience
- Constantly Needing to Correct the Child
- How to Set Boundaries
- How To Stop Back Talk
- I’m Sorry vs. Forgive Me
- O Christmas Tree
- Preschoolers and Discipline: Explain Why
- Stress The Positive of Virtue
- Understanding Childish Behavior
- What and Where
- Wise In Your Own Eyes
- Yes When You Can, No When You Must
PreTeens
- 8 Ways To Respond to, “Everyone is Doing It!”
- How to Correct Your Preteen
- Why You Should Let Your Children Be Bored
Pre-Toddlers
Prevention
- 8 Ways To Respond to, “Everyone is Doing It!”
- A Common, Yet Unknown, Cause of Disobedience
- Ask and Tell
- Credit Card Parenting
- Discipline Foundations
- Discipline: Start Early
- How To Easily Get Your Child To Do What You Say
- How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions
- It Starts With You
- Love and Logic Magic: Share Control
- Prevention
- Preventing Whining
- Proactive and Directive Parenting
- Should You Bail Your Child Out?
- Teaching Child to Come When Called
- Teach Them While Young
- The All-Important “Why”
- Think Prevention First
- Training in Times of Non-Conflict
- Understanding Accidental Behavior
- Yes When You Can, No When You Must
Special Needs
Tantrums and Discipline
- Controlling the Young Temper
- How You Should Respond to Frustration Tantrums
- Frustration Tantrums
- How to Deal with Toddler Tantrums
- How To Help Your Child Work Through Emotions
- How To Stop a Tantrum
- Logical Consequences: Public Tantrums
- Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?
- The “Mini-fit”
- Tantrums and Discipline
- Tantrums: Stop and Think
- Temper Tantrums
- Toddler Tantrums
Teenagers
Time Out
Toddlers (see also Methods above)
- A Common, Yet Unknown, Cause of Disobedience
- Aggression
- Boundaries (Toddlerwise)
- Boundaries: Part II (Toddlerwise)
- Childishness vs. Foolishness
- Controlling the Young Temper
- Distraction as a Discipline Tool
- Dressing Problem Solving
- Encouragement:
- Frustration Tantrums:
- Hand Folding: Establishing Self-Control
- Help A Reader Out: Pre-Toddler Hitting
- How to Handle an Aggressive Toddler
- The “Mini-fit”
- Obedience Percentages
- O Christmas Tree
- Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?
- Public Behavior
- The Screaming Non-Verbal Baby/Toddler
- Substitution: Toddlerwise
- The Choice Addiction (for Toddlers)
- Teaching Child to Come When Called
- Toddlerwise: Discipline Points
- Toddler Tantrums
- Toddlers: You’re Being Too Easy if He’s Not Throwing Fits
- Understanding Childish Behavior
- What to Do When Discipline is Not Working
- Yelling/Screaming
- Yes When You Can, No When You Must
Yelling/Screaming
Whining