discipline of children

Instructs teenage parents on preventing and dealing with discipline problems with young children.

Explains how parents can use kind but firm support to raise a child who is both capable and confident.

Presents a practical guide that addresses the issues of child discipline, and offers simple advice to controlling obnoxious behavior and encouraging good behavior and at the same time strengthening the relationship between parent and child.

Describes for teenage parents how to discipline young children using teaching strategies rather than punishment.

"Offers practical tools for helping parents implement discipline that's respectful and effective; ... offers a framework to guide parents in making decisions about why, when, and how to hold tighter reins,... and why, when, and how to loosen the reins"--Dust jacket.

"To stem th[e] growing crisis of self-regulation, journalist and parenting expert Katherine Reynolds Lewis articulates what she calls The Apprenticeship Model, a new theory of discipline that centers on learning the art of self-control. Blending new scientific research and powerful individual stories of change, Lewis shows that, if we trust our children to face consequences, they will learn to adapt and moderate their own behavior"--Amazon.com.

A guide to parenting that asks parents to empathize with their children to nurture their strengths, rather than discipline them in the traditional reward-punishment way.

A practical guide that addresses the issues of child discipline, and offers simple advice to controlling obnoxious behavior and encouraging good behavior and at the same time strengthening the relationship between parent and child.