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Positive discipline
Resources:
About Positive Discipline

Books:

Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills

Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting

Videos:

Dr. Jane Nelsen explains The Five Criteria for Positive Discipline in this brief video. Dr. Nelsen gives parents non-punitive parenting tools. Behavior challenges, temper tantrums, difficult children, strong willed child, disciplining children are all topics of concern for today's busy parent. So how do you learn to get your child to be responsible, respectful, and happy without resorting to punishment, lists of rules, screaming and yelling or other ineffective discipline tactics? Simply learn the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline. In this brief video, Jane Nelsen explains the foundation of Positive Discipline. These principles are timeless and extremely helpful. They don't take a lot of time for any parent to learn and they can be practiced right now, today! Positive Discipline is not about permissiveness. Positive Discipline is not about punishment. Positive Discipline is not about control and power. So what is Positive Discipline? Positive Discipline is both Kind and Firm at the same time. Positive Discipline helps children feel a sense of Belonging and Significance. Positive Discipline is a non-punitive approach that works over the long term not just the short term. Positive Discipline helps parents become aware of what their children are thinking, feeling and deciding.
Five Criteria for Positive Discipline With Parenting Expert Dr. Jane Nelsen

Positive Discipline is an approach that teaches parents positive and effective ways of getting our children to be responsible for themselves. There are some parenting experts who advocate a "time-out place", a "time-out box" or some other designated area where a child can go and "think about" what they just did. Unfortunately, this just doesn't work but Positive Time-Out does. Learn the difference in this enlightening presentation by Dr. Jane Nelsen. She shows parents how to teach our children to use their "rational brain." She shows frustrated parents that there are so many options to ineffective parenting methods if you only know where to find them! Positive Time-Out is a book rich with refreshing, positive, and time-tested tactics for getting our children to listen better. Jane Nelsen shows how easy it is to give our children positive choices so that defensiveness and power struggles that arise during the heat of a difficult situation don't have to escalate and cause more pain than the original incident may have. In less than seven minutes, this video will show you several amazingly simple ways to guide your children towards making better choices without force, threats, or negative aspects of "time-out." Positive Time-Out gives parents and teachers the tools they need to build positive relationships with children while eliminating power struggles. Positive Discipline is a non-punitive approach that works over the long term not just the short term. Positive Discipline helps parents and teachers become aware of what their children are thinking, feeling and deciding
50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles With Children - Positive Time-Out by Dr. Jane Nelsen