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Title: Positive Discipline (Revised) by Ed.D. Jane Nelsen ISBN: 0-345-40251-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A loving, sensible approach to training children.
Comment: This is the best book on childhood training I have ever read. Nelson's sensible, loving approach can be adapted easily at any stage of the game. Parents are taught to keep discipline reasonable, rational, related to the "crime" and respectful. Imposing discipline until self-discipline is learned creates a teamwork of mutual respect even when circumstances require correction. Her approach is balanced, loving and will be accepted by both religious and secular readers. I have two copies: one to loan and one to keep for reference and reminders. Every parent should have this knowledge. A great baby shower gift.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read!
Comment: This is one of the best, most useful parenting books I have ever read. I am a child and youth care worker and I use these concepts with the kids I work with. I've taught them to parents who are really struggling and they've seen major improvements in their relationships with their kids, as well as the kid's overall behaviour. The book focuses on how to interact with your kids in a way that emphasizes firmness merged with kindness. It shows you have to treat your kids with respect, give them choices and a degree of control, the meaning of consequences, and manage conflict. The truth is punishing kids does NOT work, and discipline and punishment are NOT synonymous.
I really liked the concrete examples in the book. I wish that the author had spent more time on how to determine your child's mistaken goal, and she had addressed more clearly how exactly to find the time for family meetings and the like when you are a family with two working parents. I also appreciate that she teaches parents to think long term. I have to admit that the ideas in the book may seem simplistic at first read. You have to remember (and Nelsen stresses this repeatedly) that changes won't occur overnight. But if you stick with it you will see a difference. I would reccommend reading it once, trying to apply it for 3-4 weeks, and then reading it again. It is written in a conversational style, so it is a quick read. I got through it the first time in a weekend. I refer to in frequently to remind myself of certain ideas.
Rating: 5
Summary: Innovative
Comment: I have read this book at least five times. I teach Parenting the Positive Discipline Way classes to parents. When I was first implementing change, I liked to work on a few concepts and then go back and reread the book again to gain more information and start working on a new idea.
I read another review here on the site and I think I should clarify something. The book does NOT say to "never say 'no'" to a child.
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