Parenting Guide to Positive Discipline

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Chapter 1: Why All Kids Need It
What happens when you think about the word discipline? Do you feel your muscles tighten at the memory of last night's power struggle with your preschooler? Let loose an involuntary, exhausted sigh? Worry that you're too soft or too tough?

Today's savvy parents have come to rely on PARENTING magazine for its focused advice and expert guidance on all the tough issues of raising children. Now PARENTING readers are delighted to find the same winning blend of upbeat writing, quick information, and up-to-the-minute research in the PARENTING books. This latest volume in the series takes parents through the ins and outs of raising children with healthy, loving discipline, from infancy to age 6 and beyond. Featured topics include:

Discipline vs. punishment: Knowing the difference, Defining realistic, age-appropriate goals for your child, Why cooperation works better than coercion

Why kids misbehave: Heading off bad behavior by understanding its underlying causes, How to be a guide rather than a cop, Rechanneling all that energy

Avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes: Side-stepping power struggles and defiance, Making rules your children can understand and obey, Creating win-win situations through patience and consistency, Using positive reinforcement instead of criticism and control

Discipline through ages and stages: Expectations your children can meet from infancy to elementary school, Dealing with sibling rivalry, Working with a babysitter or day care provider, Dialogues, routines, and strategies geared for each phase of childhood

Raising responsible children: Chores your child is ready for, Using rewards fairly and effectively, Getting compliance without nagging or policing

How NOT to spoil your children: The difference between nurturing and overindulging, Giving gifts without creating undue expectations, When and how to set limits, Setting the right example

Paula Spencer specializes in health and family subjects for Woman's Day, Glamour, Parenting, Baby Talk, USA Weekend, and other publications. She is the author of four books on pregnancy and parenting, including Everything ELSE You Need to Know When You're Expecting..

Parenting magazine is the reality-tested resource for raising happy and healthy kids. Each issue is filled with honest advice, strategies, and tips from other moms and experts who are parents too. Plus, you'll get age-specific child-development guidance as well as health and safety info..

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