Do you dread saying the big N-O word because it causes your child to have a meltdown? Or do you find yourself saying NO to your kids in every other sentence (and they never listen anyway)? Of course, it’s our responsibility as parents to keep our kids safe, to stop them from hurting others, or…
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Time-In: A Positive Discipline Alternative to Time-Outs
Welcome to week 4 of our 4-part Positive Discipline series! So far we’ve talked about why using rewards and punishments like time-out are not always effective in encouraging positive behaviour in children. We have also discussed 10 positive discipline strategies that can be used that don’t control kids. Today – we are going to look a…
10 Ways to Discipline Without Controlling Our Kids
After I first heard parenting expert Alfie Kohn speak about the downsides of using punishments and rewards with children to encourage positive behaviour – I was converted. From there on, I shared the information with my husband and we made a conscious decision to avoid their use when raising our son. The problem then became, what…
14 Reasons Why Time-Outs Might Not Be Working
Are you using Time-Outs with your children as a discipline strategy? Are you feeling frustrated that it doesn’t seem to be working? Are you using it over and over again for the same behaviours? Or maybe it’s just that it’s become a huge struggle to get your child to sit, or go, or stay in…
Disciplining Kids: Why Rewards Don’t Work!
Welcome to the third week of our Positive Parenting alphabetic blogging series! Today’s topic is D is for Discipline. It’s a very complex issue and one that can’t be addressed within the space of just one post. As such, I’ve decided to split this topic up over 4 separate weeks. Today, we will look at why…