Cultivating Positive Parenting
Carl Rogers was one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century and his work, along with that of Abraham Maslow, formed the basis for the creation of today’s Positive Psychology...
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Sticker Charts/Reward Charts/Behavior Charts: The Five Most Common Mistakes...
Reward charts (also sometimes called “sticker charts” or “behavior charts”) are frequently employed by parents to deal with their young children’s undesirable behaviors. When administered properly, a...
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The Universal Need for Parental Acceptance
Child development is so complex that there are practically no certainties. There are experienced, well-meaning, well-credentialed experts lined up on all sides of almost every major issue in parenting....
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Understanding Why Your Son is Challenging.
“His greatest personal strengths are exactly those things that make it most difficult to be his parent,” mom of a challenging boy. Challenging boys have many great personal strengths. They are...
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Top Ten Tips for Effective Limit Setting
What does “setting limits” really mean? A “limit” refers to a rule that establishes a specific behavior to be unacceptable. “No blowing bubbles in your milk” is an example of a limit. “Setting” a...
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Finding Calm in the Storm of Parenting: Parenting Tips Taken from Yoga
In my 10 Best Parenting Books for Parents of Challenging Boys, I put a Yoga DVD as my number 10 “book.” I did this because parenting young children, especially challenging boys, can be physically...
View Article1-2-3 Magic & The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: Two Books...
In 1-2-3 Magic, Thomas Phelan outlines his deceptively simple approach to discipline. Any time that a child is engaged in a disapproved of activity, the parent gives two warnings followed by a time...
View ArticleWhy the Good Advice in Parenting Books is Often so Hard to Follow, Part I
By now you’ve probably read two, three, four or even more parenting books and you are reading this blog now because you are still searching for answers to the problems that you are having with your...
View ArticleWhy the Good Advice in Parenting Books is Often so Hard to Follow, Part II
We weren’t raised this way. Although positive parenting ideas have been around for decades, most of our parents did not believe that respecting, understanding and empathizing with a child’s feelings...
View ArticleHow to get kids to cooperate: Think like a firefighter!
If you are frustrated that your relationship with your child has too many struggles and too little cooperation, you are not alone. If you have looked to parenting books for help but have found the...
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