Empowering vs Enabling Success Story
Empowering vs Enabling Success Story Why is it so much easier to “enable” than to empower? Enabling is adult behavior that puts the parent between the child and life experiences to minimize the consequences of the child’s choices. Enabling includes rescuing, over-protecting, and controlling without involving the child in problem solving. Enabling behavior encourages an […]
Understanding the Belief Behind the Behavior – A Positive Discipline Success Story
Understanding the Belief Behind the Behavior – A Positive Discipline Success Story Success Story I want to share an encouraging moment from recent life: Our week started with a particularly upsetting episode for my 3 1/2 year-old daughter. She was at preschool and apparently came down with a spontaneous case of the rota-virus that is […]
Connection Before Correction – A Positive Discipline Success Story
Connection Before Correction – A Positive Discipline Success Story We had just finished Vicki Dolan’s Positive Discipline class at Children’s Playroom in the morning. Most of it was review, but I picked up a few bits of information and one of the things I wrote down was “connection before correction.” I haven’t tried to implement that particular […]
Positive Discipline in London, England
Positive Discipline in London, England Jane Nelsen Visits The American School in London by Joy Marchese What an exciting week it has been at the American School in London. Dr. Jane Nelsen and Teresa LaSala, Certified PD Lead Trainer, worked with parents, counselors, and teachers from all over the world, including Cairo, Hungry, Denmark, France, Austria, […]
Have Faith in Your Children
Have Faith in Your Children Have you every wondered why it is a good idea to have faith in your children? How else will they learn to have faith in themselves? Of course it is important to show your faith with actions. The foundation actions to show faith in your children are avoidance actions such […]
Positive Discipline in France
Positive Discipline in France I just have to share this email from Béatrice Sabate, A Certified Positive Discipline Trainer in France. I loved watching the video even though I don’t understand French. Hi everyone, A few good news to share with all of you!Last Wednesday, we got a 4mn during the evening news (prime time) onnational […]
Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude Through Family Meetings
Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude Through Family Meetings An attitude of gratitude does not come naturally. It must be learned. Regular practice and sharing will help all family members develop an attitude of gratitude. Family Meeting Gratitude Activity: (from the Family Meeting Album) 1. At the end of each family meeting, pass out a blank “Gratitude Page.” […]
Pay Attention and Wheel of Choice Adaptation
Pay Attention and Wheel of Choice Adaptation The “Pay Attention” tool card says “Put down whatever you are doing and focus on your child as though he or she is more important than anything else you could do.” But what about those times when there really is something that needs your full attention at that moment. The […]
Bullying on the Bus
Bullying on the Bus Last week I was interviewed by a Los Angeles Times reporter regarding the YouTube video of the bullying of a 68-year-old grandma and bus monitor by four middle school boys. I recommended that the boys should not be punished in traditional ways (bullying by adults) and have since been bullied by many readers […]
Parenting – The Positive Approach
Parenting – The Positive Approach If you are a teacher, have you been teaching long enough to remember when children sat in neat rows and obediently did what they were told? If you are a parent, do you remember when children wouldn’t dare talk back to their parents? If you don’t, perhaps your grandparents do. […]
