Limit Screen Time
Limit Screen Time by Dr. Jane Nelsen There was once a segment on Oprah in which families where challenged to give up electronics for a week, including TV. It was interesting to watch how difficult it was for parents, as well as their children, to give up all of their screens. One scene was particularly difficult to […]
Sense of Humor
Sense of Humor by Dr. Jane Nelsen No one ever said parenting had to be boring or unpleasant. Laughter is often the best way to approach a situation. Try saying, “Here comes the tickle monster to get children who don’t pick up their toys.” Learn to laugh together and to create games to get unpleasant […]
Positive Discipline Success Story – “I Need Your Help”
Positive Discipline Success Story – “I Need Your Help” The following is a success story. So, my 2 year old (25.5 months old) has been giving me such a rough time with diaper changes. She has always been wiggly, even as a baby, and we do cloth diapers so it takes that much longer to […]
Positive Discipline Parenting Classes
Positive Discipline Parenting Classes We now have over 10,000 Certified Positive Discipline Facilitators teaching classes in many areas of the United States and in over 80 countries. Still, we have many requests from parents who cannot find a Positive Discipline Class in their area. For these people we offer the following suggestions: 1) Check our […]
Take Time for Training
Take Time for Training I applied a few Take Time for Training strategies today during “room cleaning” day. In the past my procedure was as follows: “Go clean your room” the children would stay in their rooms for hours (why isn’t it clean???) and eventually I, or someone else, would clean it. Today I decided […]
What is Positive Discipline?
What is Positive Discipline? I feel amazed and grateful for the growth of Positive Discipline. There are so many wonderful people all around the world using Positive Discipline in their daily lives. Our Positive Discipline Association is growing every day and I see people encouraging and helping each other apply the principles of Positive Discipline. Unfortunately with […]
Positive Discipline Guidelines
1.) Misbehaving children are discouraged children who have mistaken ideas on how to achieve their primary goal — to belong. Their mistaken ideas lead them to misbehavior. We cannot be effective unless we address the mistaken beliefs rather than just the misbehavior. 2.) Use encouragement to help children feel “belonging” so the motivation for misbehaving will be eliminated. Celebrate each step in […]
7 Easy Ways to Connect with Kids
Connection is one of the first tools we present because it is foundational to every other tool. No one (parent or child) can be at his or her best until the feeling of connection is established. Connection is the foundation of encouragement. Connection means letting children know you really care; that you are on their […]
Routines
by Dr. Jane Nelsen Recently I was asked why children need routine charts when adults don’t need them. I pointed out that many adults create lists to help them keep track of what they want to do during the day, week, or month—and feel such a sense of accomplishment when they get to cross things […]
Using Candles to Deal with the Belief Behind the Behavior
