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Disciplining Without Time-Outs

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Santa and M rs. Claus are master mentors when it comes to parenting. Want a good read? Would you like to follow Santa and Mrs. Claus as they deal with parenting issues with love and wisdom? It's better than attending a class and you don't even have to leave home or use any gas. Santa and Mrs. Claus solve issues without time outs! I know what you are going to say, because I have heard it before. . I even heard it from a nice lady who was a receptionist at an office I used to visit. I told her that I was writing a book about parenting. . "What are you writing about right now?" she asked. I said: "Right now I'm writing about how awful it is to force a child to stay in her room just because she was a little slow in cleaning her room. " She said: "That's what I do with my daughter. I make her stay in her room." I shook my head. This nice lady has thick glasses on, and I could see a picture behind her desk of a little angelic looking girl with t

Disciplining Children

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Santa and M rs. Claus are master mentors when it comes to parenting. Want a good read? Would you like to follow Santa and Mrs. Claus as they deal with parenting issues with love and wisdom? It's better than attending a class and you don't even have to leave home or use any gas. Santa and Mrs. Claus handle issues without spanking and without time outs. Find out their positive strategies, which include lots of love. I know what you are going to say, because I have heard it before. . I even heard it from a nice lady who was a receptionist at an office I used to visit. I told her that I was writing a book about parenting. . "What are you writing about right now?" she asked. I said: "Right now I'm writing about how awful it is to force a child to stay in her room just because she was a little slow in cleaning her room. " She said: "That's what I do with my daughter. I make her stay in her room." I shook my head. This nice lady has thick glasses

Book About Disciplining Children

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Two year olds don't need discipline, they need direction and redirection. They need watching with love, kindness, and patience. I'm going to tell you the truth. Time outs or spanking are usually substitutes for patience and wisdom. Often after we have become resentful, our patience runs out. Then we feel frustration. If we are not yelling (or worse), we look for some way to force the child to comply. Usually it for our own benefit, that way we can go back to watching television or whatever else we want to do. . We might even resort to a canned, cleverly marketed Orwellian behavior modification program to sugar coat forced compliance. Then there is always the spectre of psychotropic meds. . So I have decided to make my latest book (now available at Amazon.com) free for you to read online. . But first, I know what you are going to say, because I have heard it before. . I even heard it from a nice lady who was a receptionist at an office I used to visit. I told her that I was writ

How Do I Discipline a 2 Year Old

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Two year olds don't need discipline, they need direction and redirection. They need watching with love, kindness, and patience. I'm going to tell you the truth. Time outs or spanking are usually substitutes for patience and wisdom. Often after we have become resentful, our patience runs out. Then we feel frustration. If we are not yelling (or worse), we look for some way to force the child to comply. Usually it for our own benefit, that way we can go back to watching television or whatever else we want to do. . We might even resort to a canned, cleverly marketed Orwellian behavior modification program to sugar coat forced compliance. Then there is always the spectre of psychotropic meds. . So I have decided to make my latest book (now available at Amazon.com) free for you to read online. . But first, I know what you are going to say, because I have heard it before. . I even heard it from a nice lady who was a receptionist at an office I used to visit. I told her that I was writ