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…
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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…
Awareness Parenting: Ways to Parent in the NOW for LATER
Welcome to the first week of our Positive Parenting blogging series! Today’s topic is awareness parenting. What do I mean by that? Basically – we’ll be talking about all the things you can do as a parent now to ensure that your kids end up how you hope they will be as adults later – from…
What is POSITIVE PARENTING? A New Series
Have you heard the term “Positive Parenting” floating about the blogosphere and wondered to yourself, “What exactly does that phrase mean? I try to be positive as a parent! Don’t we all?” Hopefully today’s post will make it clear what this approach and term really means and if it’s a style of parenting that you…
Top Positive Parenting Posts of 2014
With the New Year approaching, I’ve been doing lots of reflection (check out our Fill-in-the-Blanks Parenting Resolutions Printable post to see what I mean!). This year more than any other in my life, has been an incredible learning adventure – mostly due to writing this blog and specifically the Teaching Kids About Character positive parenting series. In…