Good Parenting: Should We Be Giving Our Kid’s Choices: Part 2
In our last post, we discussed the article in Atlantic Monthly: How To Land Your Kid In Therapy In this article, the author decries the use of giving kids choices. I asked my fellow Positive Discipline Instructors to weigh in on this important topic. Here are some more of their answers: Kendra Martin says: What […]
Good Parenting: I Have Done Everything Right, Why Are My Kids Not Listening?
Dear Adina, I am very interested in Positive Discipline. I am reading Jane Nelsen’s book and I visit her website frequently. My question is what to do when your kids do not cooperate, even after you stop punishing them and talk together about solutions? How long we need to wait until the shift in their […]
Good Parenting: Should We Give Kid’s Choices
I have taught, in almost all my classes, that giving children choices is one of the best parenting techniques that you can use. It helps: 1. Foster independence 2. Promote decision making skills 3. Show respect to kids 4. Give kids limited control 5. Empower kids 6. Foster language development The list can go […]