There is tons of discipline advice out there. If you’re new to positive parenting, it can be especially daunting to figure out how to handle certain behaviors. But discipline doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t have to...
This is what my mom said to me once in reference to my decision not to spank my children. “That is just a bunch of new-age nonsense. Children have been raised that way for thousands of years.” My answer to that was “And look...
There has been a lot of buzz about how spanking affects children. It got me to wondering how spanking affects the spanker. I turned to my friend and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Laura Markham, founder of AhaParenting, for her thoughts on this...
Here’s another one of those controversial, confusing topics that even the experts don’t agree on. Some positive parenting experts (Dr. Sears, for one) encourages the use of time-outs, starting at the age of 18 months. Dr. Sears says...
We are all on a journey. If you’re reading this blog, you must be somewhere on the spectrum of positive parenting, or at least interested in it. Nonpunitive parenting is, I believe, on the right end of the spectrum. It took me nearly a year...
10 Things More Important Than Discipline by Rebecca Eanes Parenting is a very complex task. If we’re not careful, we will become too focused on one aspect and let the others fall by the wayside. Many times, I see parents who are intently...
Guest post by Tribal Mama of Sausage Mama and the Sausagettes, reprinted with permission. -Please note…this blog is written with older children in mind and with parents who have not always been practicing attachment parenting but can still apply...
“Image courtesy of Clare Bloomfield / FreeDigitalPhotos.net”. This is the 3rd post in my Positive Parenting In Action series. The last post was in regard to tantrums. Today, I’m going to address a very common and concerning...
I realize that nonpunitive discipline can be hard to wrap your head around at first. It was for me. After all, the vast majority of us were raised to believe that children need punishments and consequences in order to learn better behavior. There...
This is the second post in my Positive Parenting in Action series. The first post was about exploration and danger. In this series, I will present several scenarios that could occur, look at the possible reasons behind the behavior (this is...
Whether you’re new to positive parenting or a seasoned veteran, the issue of consequences can get your head spinning. Logical versus natural versus imposed. Then there are positive and negative consequences. What is the difference between...
Over the past year, I have had a few comments on PPTB suggesting that we are permissive parents who fail to set appropriate boundaries, let our children run wild, and fail to discipline them whatsoever. Permissive parenting is just as bad...
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