Nap Time Battles
Nap Time Battles Question: I am desperate to teach my 5 1/2 month old son to nap during the day. He sleeps fairly well through the night (usually sleeping about six hours, waking up for a feed, then sleeping another four or five hours), but during the day he will NOT nap. He can be […]
Rude to Grandparents
Rude to Grandparents Question: Hi! I just attended Jane’s Positive Discipline Seminar and I have her book, Positive Discipline for Preschoolers next to my bed. I love all your material and it has begun to save my relationship with my 5 year old son. I say begun to save, because we’re having to undo so much of what we […]
Hitting A-Z and More
Hitting A-Z and More Question: I have a son who will be 4 in two weeks and a 13-month-old son. The oldest has been through a series of hitting phases since the spring. I have read 3 of your books, and was relieved to learn that I already use much of the positive discipline style. […]
Aggressive Preschooler
Aggressive Preschooler Question: Apparently for the past “few weeks” my almost 3-year-old has been pushing and shoving his classmates in his preschool. Today the teacher told me that he poked a little girl in the face and made her cry then refused to look at her when the teacher asked him to tell her he […]
Aggressive Sibling
Aggressive Sibling Question: I have a happy easy going five-year-old boy who recently started hitting and scratching his 2 ½ year-old sister and behaving much more defiant. I try not to react with anger—which it really does make me, because my siblings and I fought often and never learned to not hit, we went to […]
Six Year Old Talks Too Much
Six Year Old Talks Too Much Question: I have a 6yr old son in kindergarten. He is constantly getting in trouble for talking. I have done just about everything I know to do to quiet him. I know children like to talk, but this is really getting out of control. He is very bright and […]
Strong Willed Child
Strong Willed Child Question: I have so many issues I don’t even know where to begin. I am the proud mother of a beautiful 2 year old daughter. She is the light of my life but boy are we having troubles. She is very independent and strong-willed. Also very LOUD!!! Screaming at the top of […]
Independent Intelligent Kindergartner
Independent Intelligent Kindergartner Question: I have a very independent, intelligent Kindergartner (an only child) who chooses not to follow directions in class and at home. When I ask her to stop doing something she has to do it one more time before she stops. Her teacher has told me that when she asks the class […]
My son is beginning to call me stupid, hit me, and says he hates me.
My son is beginning to call me stupid, hit me, and says he hates me. Question: A little background: My son is 4 years old. My husband and I went through separation, divorce, and now a property settlement/custody case. My ex-husband was physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive, in front of our son. Now my son […]
Dealing With a Strong-Willed 3-Year-Old
Dealing With a Strong-Willed 3-Year-Old Question: You mentioned family meetings as an approach to dealing with a strong-willed child, but indicated that it works for children 4 and older. What about a strong-willed 3-yr-old who absolutely has to have everything her own way and goes completely ballistic if we don’t do exactly what she expects? Answer: There […]
